Mwanja Surname
Approximately 15,686 people bear this surname
Mwanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7,761 | 1:6,821 | 897 |
| Uganda | 3,653 | 1:10,687 | 1,806 |
| Malawi | 2,640 | 1:6,485 | 933 |
| Kenya | 1,176 | 1:39,269 | 4,168 |
| Zambia | 319 | 1:49,686 | 4,698 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Mwanja (754) may also be a first name.
Mwanja Demographics
Mwanja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwanja has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 33,837th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 464,589 people. The last name Mwanja is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanja live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwanja is also the 299,270th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 754 people.
The last name Mwanja is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 7,761 people, or 1 in 6,821. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 25 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 23 percent live and Songwe Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Mwanja exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 23 percent live and Malawi, where 17 percent live.
Mwanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) 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 Mwanja
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