Mwananyika Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Mwananyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Mwananyika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwananyika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwananyika is most common in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwananyika? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwananyika reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 17,647,204. In Tanzania it is most common in: Iringa Region, where 33 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 33 percent are found and Songwe Region, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 40 percent are found.
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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 Mwananyika
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