Mnyanja Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Mnyanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 79 | 1:670,147 | 39,342 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mnyanja (10) may also be a first name.
Mnyanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mnyanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mnyanja is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mnyanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mnyanja is the 2,106,139th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mnyanja live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
Mnyanja is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 670,147. In Tanzania Mnyanja is most frequent in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 72 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 11 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 11 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Mnyanja exists in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mnyanja
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