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

The last name Munjanja is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Munjanja? popularity and diffusion

It is the 210,468th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,716,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Munjanja reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 49 people.

The last name Munjanja is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,740 people, or 1 in 8,873. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 26 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 17 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 16 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common 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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