Mkanwa Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Mkanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 734 | 1:72,128 | 7,540 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mkanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkanwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mkanwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkanwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mkanwa is the 459,598th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,915,028 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkanwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 734 people, or 1 in 72,128. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 67 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 20 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, 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 Mkanwa
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