Mzinja Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Mzinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Mzinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mzinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mzinja is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mzinja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,293,424th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Mzinja reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 291,288. In Zimbabwe Mzinja is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 72 percent are found, Harare Province, where 25 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mdzinja | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mjinja | 83 | 1,914 | / |
| Mzinza | 83 | 893 | / |
| Msinja | 83 | 266 | / |
| Mzinya | 83 | 145 | / |
| Mzinji | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mchinja | 77 | 124 | / |
| Mchinjaa | 71 | 174 | / |
| Mzinyath | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mzenje | 67 | 97 | / |
| Msinje | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mzinge | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mcinya | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mginya | 67 | 16 | / |
| Msinji | 67 | 14 | / |
| Msinya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mzenza | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mginsa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mginza | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mcinca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mjinji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mxinza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mjinya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mjinjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mzenji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msinsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mzinye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mzimsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcinsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgenja | 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
- 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 Mzinja
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis