Mwonja Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Mwonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 132 | 1:401,073 | 28,352 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
Mwonja (10) may also be a first name.
Mwonja Demographics
Mwonja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwonja is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwonja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwonja is the 1,353,468th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwonja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 401,073. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 57 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 42 percent live and Arusha Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 12 percent live and Kenya, where 7 percent live.
Mwonja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwonja surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwonjia | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mwoondja | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwanja | 83 | 15,686 | / |
| Mwenja | 83 | 1,232 | / |
| Mbonja | 83 | 392 | / |
| Muonja | 83 | 323 | / |
| Mwonje | 83 | 45 | / |
| Mwonya | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mwonjo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mwonji | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwonza | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwandja | 77 | 383 | / |
| Mbounja | 77 | 67 | / |
| Mwanjja | 77 | 13 | / |
| Mwanjia | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mwanjah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwanjaâ | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwanjea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwanjau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwaanja | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwondjo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwanjya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwenjea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwonjje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwenjau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwenjah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwongia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwahanja | 71 | 92 | / |
| Muhonjah | 71 | 78 | / |
| Muhonjya | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mwanaaja | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mwanjaja | 71 | 9 | / |
| Muhondja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwasinja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muhonjja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbounjah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwandjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwongeea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanaija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanjeha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanza | 67 | 201,747 | / |
| Mwansa | 67 | 77,730 | / |
| Mwenya | 67 | 63,522 | / |
| Mwanje | 67 | 22,836 | / |
| Mwania | 67 | 13,275 | / |
| Mwanji | 67 | 4,995 | / |
| Mwanya | 67 | 1,665 | / |
| Mwenia | 67 | 768 | / |
| Mbonza | 67 | 637 | / |
| Mbonjo | 67 | 624 | / |
| Mbanja | 67 | 395 | / |
| Mbonya | 67 | 284 | / |
| Mbonji | 67 | 274 | / |
| Mbonxa | 67 | 182 | / |
| Mbonje | 67 | 137 | / |
| Mbonia | 67 | 92 | / |
| Mwonzo | 67 | 51 | / |
| Mwandjaha | 67 | 44 | / |
| Mwanjo | 67 | 43 | / |
| Mvunja | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mwonso | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mbunja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwonyo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwenjo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwanea | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muanja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muonya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mwanca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muonji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muonsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwunya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhonjiah | 67 | 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 Mwonja
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