Mwanyingi Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Mwanyingi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mwanyingi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanyingi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwanyingi is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanyingi? popularity and diffusion
Mwanyingi is the 4,908,606th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Mwanyingi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanyingi live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,529,441. In Tanzania Mwanyingi is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 60 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 7 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwanyinga | 89 | 131 | / |
| Mwanyinge | 89 | 72 | / |
| Mwanyenga | 78 | 16 | / |
| Mwanjinga | 78 | 11 | / |
| Mwannyenga | 74 | 2 | / |
| Mwanyenenge | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mwanjenga | 67 | 68 | / |
| Mwaanyenenge | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mwanyagha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muanjengi | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Mwanyingi
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