Muchinja Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Muchinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 276 | 1:55,936 | 8,463 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
Muchinja (23) may also be a first name.
Muchinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muchinja is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Muchinja.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchinja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 899,940th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. Muchinja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muchinja are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Muchinja is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 23 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 55,936. In Zimbabwe Muchinja is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 39 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 36 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Muchinja
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis