Mwanyenya Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Mwanyenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 182 | 1:84,825 | 12,339 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mwanyenya (139) may also be a first name.
Mwanyenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanyenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwanyenya is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanyenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,252,959th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanyenya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mwanyenya is also the 784,558th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 139 people.
The surname Mwanyenya is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 84,825. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 53 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 46 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mwanyenya
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