Mkanje Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
Mkanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 507 | 1:104,421 | 10,188 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkanje is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mkanje.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkanje? popularity and diffusion
Mkanje is the 609,110th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,345,563 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkanje reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 507 people, or 1 in 104,421. In Tanzania Mkanje is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 38 percent are found, Mtwara Region, where 28 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, 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 Mkanje
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