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
Mwencha is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwencha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,058,336th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. It is predominantly 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 Mwencha is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 233 people, or 1 in 198,197. In Kenya it is primarily 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 Mwencha is found 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 surname is predominantly 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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