Mwananje Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwananje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwananje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2351:196,51014,435

Mwananje (74) may also be a first name.

Mwananje Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwananje occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwananje click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwananje? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,061,269th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwananje reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 74 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 196,510. In Kenya Mwananje is primarily concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 97 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 2 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 0 percent reside.

Mwananje Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (83%) 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
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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 Mwananje
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