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 surname Mwanji is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 95,275th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,458,968 people. Mwanji is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanji live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most numerous first name globally It is held by 87 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,705 people, or 1 in 14,289. In Tanzania Mwanji is most common in: Songwe Region, where 70 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 18 percent are found and Mara Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs 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 bearing the surname is predominantly 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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