Mwenja Surname
Approximately 1,232 people bear this surname
Mwenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,182 | 1:39,069 | 4,149 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwenja (345) may also be a first name.
Mwenja Demographics
Mwenja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwenja is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwenja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 306,799th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,915,216 people. Mwenja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwenja reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mwenja is also the 469,697th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 345 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,182 people, or 1 in 39,069. In Kenya Mwenja is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 25 percent live, Nakuru County, where 22 percent live and Nairobi County, where 17 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Mwenja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mwenja surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mwenja earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.86% less than the national average, earning $39,325 USD per year.
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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 Mwenja
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