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 occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkonya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 568,231st most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 13,107,097 people. The surname Mkonya is primarily 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 numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 135,401. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 46 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 19 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside.
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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