Muheya Surname
Approximately 1,296 people bear this surname
Muheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 967 | 1:17,703 | 2,784 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muheya (111) may also be a first name.
Muheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muheya is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Muheya.
How Common Is The Last Name Muheya? popularity and diffusion
Muheya is the 294,474th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,623,106 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muheya reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Muheya is also the 890,531st most commonly used first name globally, held by 111 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 967 people, or 1 in 17,703. Apart from Malawi it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Muheya
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