Muhenje Surname

236,399th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Muhenje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muhenje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1,1151:2,161326
Kenya5721:80,7347,443
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Muhenje (142) may also be a first name.

Muhenje Last Name Facts

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

Muhenje is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muhenje? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 236,399th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,286,792 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhenje live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 775,413th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 142 people.

It is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is carried by 1,115 people, or 1 in 2,161. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Kunene Region, where 93 percent are found, Khomas Region, where 6 percent are found and Erongo Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Namibia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 34 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Muhenje Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Muhenje earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.19% less than the national average, earning R 66,096 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muhonje869/
Muhanje868/
Mahenje865/
Muhenye863/
Muhenja861/
Muhunje861/
Muhinje861/
Mwahenje804/
Muhonjje802/
Muhanjye801/
Muhonja7116,888/
Muhanji713,268/
Mahonje71744/
Muhinja71409/
Muhinji71150/
Muhanjo7175/
Mahunje7133/
Muhinjo7129/
Mahinje7124/
Muhanja716/
Muhunji716/
Muhunja716/
Mahanje716/
Muhonji714/
Mahenja712/
Muhunjo711/
Mohanje711/
Mauinje711/
Muhinee711/
Mwahanje67941/
Muhonjia67115/
Muhonjah6778/
Muhanjwa6755/
Muhunjia6713/
Mwihanje6713/
Muhonjya6711/
Mahenajh6710/
Mohanjee676/
Muhonjao674/
Mohanaje672/
Mwahonje672/
Muhonjwa671/
Mahanjee671/
Mahenzhe671/
Muhonjja671/
Muhinye5710/
Mi'enji571/
Muhoinge531/

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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 Muhenje
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