Mhenya Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Mhenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mhenya (12) may also be a first name.
Mhenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhenya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhenya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhenya reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent forename globally It is held by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 482,445. In Zimbabwe Mhenya is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 81 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 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 Mhenya
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