Mkonya Surname
Approximately 556 people bear this surname
Mkonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 391 | 1:135,401 | 12,574 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkonya is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkonya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mkonya is the 568,231st most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 13,107,097 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkonya reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mkonya is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 135,401. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 46 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 20 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 19 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkhonya | 92 | 106 | / |
| Mkanya | 83 | 978 | / |
| Mkunya | 83 | 691 | / |
| Mkonyo | 83 | 212 | / |
| Mkonja | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mkonha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mkhanya | 77 | 225 | / |
| Mkongia | 77 | 173 | / |
| Mkhunya | 77 | 149 | / |
| Mkhonia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mkganya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mkanyah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkhonyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkonjah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkhonja | 77 | 1 | / |
| McKogna | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mkhonjia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mkunja | 67 | 301 | / |
| Mkonjo | 67 | 237 | / |
| Mqanya | 67 | 69 | / |
| Mkanja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mkanyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkunyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkoneo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhqukanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkanha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Mkonya
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