Mhunga Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Mhunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 188 | 1:82,118 | 11,985 |
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Mhunga (15) may also be a first name.
Mhunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhunga occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mhunga is the 912,827th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. The surname Mhunga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhunga reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
It is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 82,118. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 31 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 28 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 34 percent are found and South Africa, 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 Mhunga
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