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
Mjena occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mjena.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mjena is the 1,022,958th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mjena are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mjena is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 243,971. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Njombe Region, where 56 percent live, Tanga Region, where 41 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs 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
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- 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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