Mwanje Surname
Approximately 22,836 people bear this surname
Mwanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19,234 | 1:2,030 | 314 |
| Kenya | 2,919 | 1:15,820 | 1,891 |
| Zambia | 452 | 1:35,066 | 3,545 |
| England | 68 | 1:819,383 | 43,863 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Mwanje (683) may also be a first name.
Mwanje Demographics
Average Mwanje Salary in
United States
$28,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mwanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwanje is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwanje is the 23,725th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 319,125 people. The last name Mwanje occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanje live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 316,697th most frequent first name in the world, held by 683 people.
The last name Mwanje is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 19,234 people, or 1 in 2,030. In Uganda Mwanje is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent live, Kampala District, where 13 percent live and Mukono District, where 6 percent live. Aside from Uganda Mwanje occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 13 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.
Mwanje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwanje surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Kenya.
Mwanje earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.67% less than the national average, earning $28,188 USD per year.
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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 Mwanje
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