Mwachanya Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Mwachanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 201 | 1:229,751 | 16,196 |
Mwachanya (113) may also be a first name.
Mwachanya Demographics
Mwachanya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwachanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwachanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwachanya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mwachanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwachanya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,181,191st most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname Mwachanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachanya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 881,625th most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 113 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 229,751. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Taita Taveta County, where 93 percent reside, Makueni County, where 2 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 2 percent reside.
Mwachanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwachanya surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwachanya
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