Mwencha Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Mwencha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 233 | 1:198,197 | 14,514 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Mwencha Demographics
Mwencha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwencha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwencha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwencha has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mwencha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwencha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwencha is the 1,058,336th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwencha live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 198,197. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 83 percent are found, Kisii County, where 15 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 0 percent are found. Besides Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.
Mwencha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mwencha last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwancha | 86 | 313 | / |
| Mwensha | 86 | 27 | / |
| Mwenchi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mwincha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muenchai | 80 | 283 | / |
| Muenchau | 80 | 87 | / |
| Mbentcha | 80 | 17 | / |
| Mwinchea | 80 | 9 | / |
| Muenchat | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mwenza | 77 | 2,520 | / |
| Mwenja | 77 | 1,232 | / |
| Mwensa | 77 | 201 | / |
| Muenca | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwenxa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwengea | 71 | 364 | / |
| Mwinsha | 71 | 106 | / |
| Muenchi | 71 | 82 | / |
| Mbencho | 71 | 19 | / |
| Mwaenza | 71 | 11 | / |
| Muencho | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mwendja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbenchi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mwenzia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbenche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwengia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwenjau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwnshah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwinchi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwenjea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muenche | 71 | 0 | / |
| Muenchit | 67 | 780 | / |
| Mwnza | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mbintcha | 67 | 23 | / |
| Muenchop | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mwinchui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbehncho | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mwainchi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwnja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muencheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muenchee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muencher | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mwencha
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