Mnyawa Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mnyawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mnyawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mnyawa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mnyawa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mnyawa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mnyawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mnyawa is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mnyawa live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania Mnyawa is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 82 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Mnyawa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mnyamwua867/
Mnyawi832,349/
Mnyawe8378/
Mnyawo8336/
Mnyaba8323/
Mnjawa834/
Mgnawa831/
Mnyimwa77205/
Mnyamba77101/
Mnyanba772/
Mnyomwa771/
Mnyawgo771/
Mnyavas771/
Mnyahawe711/
Mnyambea711/
Mnyavi67147/
Mnyova6725/
Mnyabe6715/
Mniawy674/
Mnyowe674/
Mniawi671/
Mnyoba671/

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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 Mnyawa
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