Maiswa Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Maiswa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 178 | 1:86,732 | 12,575 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Maiswa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maiswa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maiswa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maiswa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maiswa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maiswa is the 1,257,535th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maiswa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 86,732. In Zimbabwe Maiswa is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 28 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Maiswa
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