Mhesa Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
Mhesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 370 | 1:143,085 | 13,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 81 | 1:190,596 | 22,493 |
Mhesa (10) may also be a first name.
Mhesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mhesa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 664,903rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhesa reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name globally, held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 143,085. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 70 percent reside, Singida Region, where 25 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Mhesa exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Mhesa
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