Mwanyanja Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mwanyanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
Mwanyanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanyanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwanyanja is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Mwanyanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanyanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwanyanja is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanyanja live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Mwanyanja is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Not including Malawi this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 43 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwanyanje | 89 | 1,583 | / |
| Mwanyanya | 89 | 102 | / |
| Mwanjanja | 89 | 9 | / |
| Mwanyanji | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mwenyanja | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mbanyanya | 78 | 2 | / |
| Mwanyonje | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwanjanji | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwangiansa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyonyo | 67 | 89 | / |
| Mwanjonjo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mwanyonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwonyonyo | 56 | 5 | / |
| Mwony'ony'o | 50 | 1 | / |
| Muanjanchey | 50 | 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
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- 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 Mwanyanja
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