Mwanjazi Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Mwanjazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mwanjazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanjazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwanjazi is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanjazi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,979,664th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanjazi are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwanjazi is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 929,507. In Uganda Mwanjazi is most frequent in: Kayunga District, where 29 percent reside, Kampala District, where 21 percent reside and Mukono District, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it is found in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwanjaazi | 94 | 5 | / |
| Mwanjasi | 88 | 1,166 | / |
| Mwanzazi | 88 | 28 | / |
| Mwanjaza | 88 | 3 | / |
| Mwanjagi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mwanyazi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwankhazi | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mwamnyazi | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mwanjaaza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyasi | 75 | 1,974 | / |
| Mwanzagi | 75 | 25 | / |
| Mwanzaji | 75 | 22 | / |
| Mwanjage | 75 | 11 | / |
| Mvanxazi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwansasi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwanjosi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyadza | 71 | 140 | / |
| Mwamnyasi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mwanyashi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muandjaji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyassie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyasa | 63 | 10 | / |
| Mwanyage | 63 | 9 | / |
| Mwanzoje | 63 | 5 | / |
| Mbanyaze | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mwanyosi | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mvanyaza | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mvanxasi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muanzaji | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbanyasi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muanyashi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mbanyase | 50 | 1,225 | / |
| Mwenyasi | 50 | 118 | / |
| Mwamhosi | 50 | 4 | / |
| Mvanyase | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Mwanjazi
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