Mwanyange Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Mwanyange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 144 | 1:320,694 | 19,794 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
Mwanyange (148) may also be a first name.
Mwanyange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanyange Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwanyange is found most frequently in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mwanyange click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanyange? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Mwanyange occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanyange are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mwanyange is also the 757,758th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 148 people.
Mwanyange is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 320,694. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 94 percent reside, Kwale County, where 3 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Mwanyange is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwamnyange | 95 | 349 | / |
| Mwanyanga | 89 | 169 | / |
| Mbanyange | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mwahanyanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyonga | 78 | 421 | / |
| Mwanyagha | 78 | 5 | / |
| Mwanjanga | 78 | 2 | / |
| Mbonyange | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwanjonga | 67 | 51 | / |
| Muanyonga | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwanyange
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