Mjenga Surname
Approximately 1,224 people bear this surname
Mjenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,221 | 1:43,359 | 4,925 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mjenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mjenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mjenga is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 308,323rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,953,877 people. The last name Mjenga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mjenga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,221 people, or 1 in 43,359. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Pwani Region, where 23 percent live, Tanga Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Mjenga
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