Mwanyanya Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Mwanyanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 85 | 1:181,626 | 21,765 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwanyanya (141) may also be a first name.
Mwanyanya Demographics
Mwanyanya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwanyanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanyanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwanyanya is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanyanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,828,462nd most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mwanyanya live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwanyanya is also the 778,371st most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 141 people.
The last name Mwanyanya is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 181,626. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 54 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 42 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 1 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.
Mwanyanya 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
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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 Mwanyanya
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