Mkanya Surname
Approximately 978 people bear this surname
Mkanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 607 | 1:87,218 | 8,826 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| South Africa | 140 | 1:386,984 | 34,477 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mkanya Demographics
Average Mkanya Salary in
South Africa
R 109,572
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mkanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkanya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mkanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkanya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 368,021st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,451,478 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkanya reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 607 people, or 1 in 87,218. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 30 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 18 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 17 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 percent are found and South Africa, where 14 percent are found.
Mkanya Last Name Statistics demography
Mkanya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.89% less than the national average, earning R 109,572 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkhanya | 92 | 225 | / |
| Mkganya | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mkanyah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mkonya | 83 | 556 | / |
| Mqanya | 83 | 69 | / |
| Mkanja | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mkanyo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mcanya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mkanha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mhqukanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mkhonya | 77 | 106 | / |
| Mkhanja | 77 | 42 | / |
| Mgcanya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mkaanja | 77 | 1 | / |
| McKanea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkangia | 77 | 1 | / |
| McKania | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mkanniah | 71 | 1 | / |
| McKagney | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mkonyo | 67 | 212 | / |
| McKeagney | 67 | 96 | / |
| McAnea | 67 | 68 | / |
| McKaigney | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mkanjo | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Mkanya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis