Munjanja Surname

210,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,961 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Munjanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munjanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,7401:8,8731,076
Zambia1701:93,2357,611
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Munjanja (49) may also be a first name.

Munjanja Last Name Facts

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

Munjanja is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Munjanja? popularity and diffusion

It is the 210,468th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,716,240 people. The surname Munjanja is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Munjanja are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Munjanja is also the 1,430,306th most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 49 people.

The last name Munjanja is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,740 people, or 1 in 8,873. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 26 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 17 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Munjanja occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Munjanja Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Munjanja earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 54.22% less than the national average, earning R 108,780 per year and in Canada they earn 13.54% less than the national average, earning $42,958 CAD per year.

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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 Munjanja
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