Muchanya Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Muchanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 115 | 1:134,246 | 17,609 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Muchanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muchanya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,649,806th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muchanya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 134,246. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 56 percent reside, Harare Province, where 15 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muchaanya | 94 | 2 | / |
| Muchahanya | 89 | 2 | / |
| Muchanja | 88 | 115 | / |
| Mukhanya | 88 | 81 | / |
| Muchonya | 88 | 16 | / |
| Muchanyo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mukhannya | 82 | 3 | / |
| Mujanya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mutsanya | 75 | 197 | / |
| Mukhonya | 75 | 105 | / |
| Mochanja | 75 | 17 | / |
| Muchanho | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mukhanja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mutsanjya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mutshanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mujanja | 67 | 31 | / |
| Mucanjo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mujania | 67 | 6 | / |
| Muzanja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Motsanya | 63 | 14 | / |
| Muchonjo | 63 | 13 | / |
| Mutsanja | 63 | 6 | / |
| Muzannyo | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mudzonya | 63 | 2 | / |
| Muchogna | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mutsanjia | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mutsangia | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mukhonja | 50 | 9 | / |
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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 Muchanya
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