Mukwenya Surname
Approximately 2,016 people bear this surname
Mukwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,655 | 1:9,328 | 1,155 |
| Zambia | 221 | 1:71,719 | 6,216 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mukwenya (40) may also be a first name.
Mukwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mukwenya is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mukwenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukwenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 205,731st most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,614,854 people. Mukwenya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mukwenya are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 40 people.
This last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,655 people, or 1 in 9,328. In Zimbabwe Mukwenya is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 59 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent are found and Harare Province, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munkwenya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mukwenha | 88 | 587 | / |
| Mukwinya | 88 | 154 | / |
| Mukwenye | 88 | 111 | / |
| Mokwenya | 88 | 24 | / |
| Mukwenia | 88 | 21 | / |
| Mugwenya | 88 | 6 | / |
| Mukwenja | 88 | 6 | / |
| Mungwenya | 82 | 12 | / |
| Mukwenhai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mokwenye | 75 | 902 | / |
| Mukwenje | 75 | 345 | / |
| Mukwanja | 75 | 151 | / |
| Mukwania | 75 | 96 | / |
| Mogwenya | 75 | 46 | / |
| Mukwenhe | 75 | 42 | / |
| Mukwenji | 75 | 28 | / |
| Mukwenho | 75 | 17 | / |
| Mugwenha | 75 | 14 | / |
| Mugwinya | 75 | 13 | / |
| Mukwinja | 75 | 10 | / |
| Mugwenye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mukuenia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mukwonye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mokwenyei | 71 | 136 | / |
| Mugwaanya | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mokweneha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mugwanyaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mugwannya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mungwinya | 71 | 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
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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 Mukwenya
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