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 last name M'Bwana is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of M'Bwana.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Bwana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 130,325th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,098,948 people. M'Bwana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Bwana reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 565,047th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 249 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 3,294 people, or 1 in 5,197. Without taking into account Malawi this last name 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 holding the surname is chiefly 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