Michenje Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Michenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 243 | 1:217,867 | 18,185 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
Michenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Michenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Michenje occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Michenje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Michenje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Michenje is the 1,022,958th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Michenje reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 217,867. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 97 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 2 percent live.
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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 Michenje
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