Mzinya Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mzinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mzinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Mzinya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mzinya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mzinya is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mzinya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mzinya live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 79 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 1 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Mzinya Last Name Statistics demography

Mzinya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.93% less than the national average, earning R 73,836 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mzinyath861/
Mzinja8369/
Mcinya8317/
Mginya8316/
Msinya8310/
Mjinya831/
Mchinya77133/
Mdzinja774/
Mjinja671,914/
Msenya67304/
Msinja67266/
Mgenya6724/
Mchenya621,096/
Mchinja62124/
Mshinyo624/
Mshenya622/
Mchinia621/
Mchinjaa57174/
Mgenja501/
Mjinjo501/
McEnea500/

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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 Mzinya
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