Nzenje Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Nzenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 257 | 1:205,998 | 17,478 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nzenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nzenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nzenje has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nzenje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nzenje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 942,947th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzenje live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 205,998. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nzenje
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