Mwenechanya Surname
Approximately 5,991 people bear this surname
Mwenechanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 5,777 | 1:2,963 | 372 |
| Zambia | 203 | 1:78,078 | 6,664 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwenechanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwenechanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwenechanya has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mwenechanya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwenechanya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 81,142nd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,216,416 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwenechanya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Mwenechanya is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 5,777 people, or 1 in 2,963. Besides Malawi Mwenechanya occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 3 percent live and England, where 0 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
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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 Mwenechanya
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