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
Mwanji is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 95,275th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,458,968 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanji are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mwanji is also the 1,024,927th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 87 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,705 people, or 1 in 14,289. In Tanzania Mwanji is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 70 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 18 percent live and Mara Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Mwanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly 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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