Minyanga Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Minyanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Minyanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Minyanga (34) may also be a first name.

Minyanga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Minyanga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Minyanga is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Minyanga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 876,631st most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname Minyanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Minyanga reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 34 people.

Minyanga is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Without taking into account Malawi Minyanga is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Minyanga
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis