Muheza Surname
Approximately 781 people bear this surname
Muheza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 771 | 1:68,666 | 7,239 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Muheza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muheza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muheza is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muheza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 438,773rd most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,331,045 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muheza reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 771 people, or 1 in 68,666. In Tanzania Muheza is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhezha | 92 | 1 | / |
| Miheza | 83 | 244 | / |
| Muhiza | 83 | 22 | / |
| Muheca | 83 | 2 | / |
| Muhaiza | 77 | 8 | / |
| Muhecha | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mauhiza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mauhizah | 71 | 8 | / |
| Muhaizaa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Muhaizea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muhizo | 67 | 143 | / |
| Mouiza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mauiza | 67 | 8 | / |
| Muhica | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouhica | 62 | 240 | / |
| Mouicha | 62 | 13 | / |
| Mauizah | 62 | 10 | / |
| Mouaiza | 62 | 1 | / |
| Muhecho | 62 | 1 | / |
| Muhizho | 62 | 1 | / |
| Muhetsho | 57 | 34 | / |
| Mouychai | 57 | 4 | / |
| Muhaicha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mouaizai | 57 | 1 | / |
| Miiza | 55 | 12 | / |
| Mouhaicha | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mauidzhah | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mihizo | 50 | 21 | / |
| Mauica | 50 | 3 | / |
| Mouica | 50 | 2 | / |
| Muuica | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Muheza
- 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