Mhenga Surname
Approximately 3,895 people bear this surname
Mhenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,862 | 1:13,708 | 1,774 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mhenga (97) may also be a first name.
Mhenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhenga is found most in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mhenga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhenga? popularity and diffusion
Mhenga is the 118,081st most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,871,000 people. Mhenga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhenga reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 97 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,862 people, or 1 in 13,708. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 22 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 18 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mhenga
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