Mwakanji Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Mwakanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwakanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwakanji occurs most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakanji? popularity and diffusion
Mwakanji is the 1,839,022nd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakanji are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mwakanji is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 529,416. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 90 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 9 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Mwakanji occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbakanji | 88 | 34 | / |
| Mwakanzi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwakhanzi | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mwakaanje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwakanya | 75 | 35 | / |
| Mwakenje | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwakanza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwaikange | 71 | 65 | / |
| Mwakatenge | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mwakenye | 63 | 4 | / |
| Muakanza | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mwekanye | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mbakonzi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mvakanye | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwakonye | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwaikonge | 59 | 145 | / |
| Muakaunze | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mbokanyoyi | 56 | 4 | / |
| Muhaqqangi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mwakosenge | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mwekenye | 50 | 1 | / |
| Muacanhe | 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
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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 Mwakanji
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