Mwananyama Surname
Approximately 1,008 people bear this surname
Mwananyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 999 | 1:52,995 | 5,836 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Mwananyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwananyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwananyama is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwananyama.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwananyama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 359,448th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,229,708 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwananyama reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Mwananyama is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 999 people, or 1 in 52,995. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 67 percent reside, Katavi Region, where 27 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Mwananyama occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mwananyama
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