Muhaniwa Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Muhaniwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Zambia | 167 | 1:94,910 | 7,710 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Muhaniwa (116) may also be a first name.
Muhaniwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhaniwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muhaniwa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhaniwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muhaniwa is the 585,898th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhaniwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 116 people.
The surname Muhaniwa is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Beside Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 31 percent live and Zimbabwe, 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
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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 Muhaniwa
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