Muchanyu Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Muchanyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 332 | 1:46,501 | 7,144 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| 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 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Muchanyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchanyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muchanyu is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchanyu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 818,364th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname Muchanyu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muchanyu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Muchanyu is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 46,501. In Zimbabwe Muchanyu is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 42 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Muchanyu
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