M'Bwana Surname
Approximately 3,472 people bear this surname
M'Bwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,294 | 1:5,197 | 730 |
| Kenya | 178 | 1:259,438 | 17,397 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
M'Bwana (249) may also be a first name.
M'Bwana Demographics
M'Bwana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
M'Bwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Bwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname M'Bwana is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Bwana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 130,325th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,098,948 people. M'Bwana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Bwana are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 565,047th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 249 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 3,294 people, or 1 in 5,197. Excluding Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
M'Bwana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| M'Mbwana | 93 | 9 | / |
| Mbwana | 92 | 43,770 | / |
| M'Mbwanga | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mmbwana | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mbwanha | 86 | 2 | / |
| M'Mbwani | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Bwangi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbwaanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbwani | 77 | 1,470 | / |
| Mbuana | 77 | 428 | / |
| Mpwana | 77 | 67 | / |
| Mbwany | 77 | 29 | / |
| Mbwano | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mbwena | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mbvana | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbwane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbuanga | 71 | 1,169 | / |
| Mbwanje | 71 | 181 | / |
| Mbwange | 71 | 123 | / |
| Mbwango | 71 | 119 | / |
| Mbwanhe | 71 | 85 | / |
| Mbwanyi | 71 | 55 | / |
| Mmbwani | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mmbuanga | 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 M'Bwana
- 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