Mwanyisa Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Mwanyisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 286 | 1:53,980 | 8,182 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Mwanyisa (138) may also be a first name.
Mwanyisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanyisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwanyisa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanyisa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 906,170th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name Mwanyisa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanyisa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwanyisa is also the 787,636th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 138 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 53,980. In Zimbabwe Mwanyisa is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 58 percent live, Harare Province, where 35 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Angola, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwanyisha | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mbanyisa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyiso | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwaniisa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyesha | 82 | 131 | / |
| Muanyisha | 82 | 41 | / |
| Mwanyishe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwanjisi | 75 | 1,339 | / |
| Mwanjesa | 75 | 223 | / |
| Mwangesa | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mbanyise | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mbanyisi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mbanyiso | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyeza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyese | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muanyishi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mbhanyisi | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mwangesha | 71 | 5 | / |
| Muhanyisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanihesi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanyhesi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muanyitshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwanjeza | 63 | 881 | / |
| Mwanjesi | 63 | 6 | / |
| Mwanyeze | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbonyiso | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muangesa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbanyese | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muhanyizi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mbanyeze | 50 | 21 | / |
| Mbonyezi | 50 | 7 | / |
| Mwonjezi | 50 | 2 | / |
| Mbanjizi | 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 Mwanyisa
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