Mkhaya Surname
Approximately 796 people bear this surname
Mkhaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| South Africa | 88 | 1:615,656 | 46,403 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mkhaya (87) may also be a first name.
Mkhaya Demographics
Average Mkhaya Salary in
South Africa
R 138,744
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mkhaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkhaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkhaya is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkhaya? popularity and diffusion
Mkhaya is the 432,326th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 9,155,208 people. Mkhaya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkhaya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most common first name world-wide, borne by 87 people.
The last name Mkhaya is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 706 people, or 1 in 24,248. Beside Malawi Mkhaya occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 11 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
Mkhaya Last Name Statistics demography
Mkhaya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.62% less than the national average, earning R 138,744 per year.
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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 Mkhaya
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