Mheza Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Mheza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 359 | 1:147,470 | 13,430 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Mheza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mheza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mheza has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mheza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 734,496th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mheza reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 147,470. In Tanzania Mheza is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 75 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 21 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Mheza occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Mheza
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