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 surname Mwananje is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mwananje click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwananje? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,061,269th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwananje live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 74 people.

The surname Mwananje is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 196,510. In Kenya Mwananje is most prevalent in: Kilifi County, where 97 percent live, Mombasa County, where 2 percent live and Nakuru County, where 0 percent live.

Mwananje Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwananje last name is primarily 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
  • 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 Mwananje
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