Mjeni Surname
Approximately 1,400 people bear this surname
Mjeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,166 | 1:39,605 | 4,190 |
| Tanzania | 218 | 1:242,851 | 19,731 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Mjeni (993) may also be a first name.
Mjeni Demographics
Mjeni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mjeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mjeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mjeni occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mjeni.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjeni? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 276,904th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,205,390 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mjeni live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 255,437th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 993 people.
Mjeni is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 1,166 people, or 1 in 39,605. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kwale County, where 61 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 23 percent are found and Kilifi County, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Mjeni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (84%) in Kenya.
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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 Mjeni
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