Mjena Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Mjena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 217 | 1:243,971 | 19,796 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mjena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mjena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mjena is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mjena.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,022,958th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. Mjena is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mjena reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 243,971. In Tanzania Mjena is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 56 percent live, Tanga Region, where 41 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live and India, where 1 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 Mjena
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