Mkana Surname
Approximately 1,420 people bear this surname
Mkana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,394 | 1:37,978 | 4,375 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mkana (2,591) may also be a first name.
Mkana Demographics
Average Mkana Salary in
South Africa
R 56,832
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mkana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkana (Hindi: मकाना) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mkana is the 273,764th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,132,075 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkana live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 144,496th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 2,591 people.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,394 people, or 1 in 37,978. In Tanzania Mkana is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 34 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 24 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Mkana Last Name Statistics demography
Mkana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.08% less than the national average, earning R 56,832 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mkana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mkana in the Hindi language | ||
| मकाना | makana | 66.67 |
| मखन | makhana | 33.33 |
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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 Mkana
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