Mwanji Surname
Approximately 4,995 people bear this surname
Mwanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,705 | 1:14,289 | 1,865 |
| DR Congo | 1,156 | 1:63,910 | 7,552 |
| Kenya | 101 | 1:457,227 | 24,042 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwanji (87) may also be a first name.
Mwanji Demographics
Mwanji Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwanji occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 95,275th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,458,968 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanji live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwanji is also the 1,024,927th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 87 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,705 people, or 1 in 14,289. In Tanzania Mwanji is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 70 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 18 percent are found and Mara Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Mwanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname 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 Mwanji
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