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
The surname Mjenga is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mjenga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 308,323rd most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,953,877 people. Mjenga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mjenga are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring 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 are found, Tanga Region, where 17 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Mjenga occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sierra Leone, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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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