Mamkwe Surname
Approximately 1,226 people bear this surname
Mamkwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,182 | 1:44,790 | 5,070 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Mamkwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mamkwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mamkwe is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mamkwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 307,971st most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 5,944,165 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mamkwe are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mamkwe is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,182 people, or 1 in 44,790. In Tanzania Mamkwe is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 36 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 27 percent live and Arusha Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and South Africa, 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 Mamkwe
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