Mamwa Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Mamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 117 | 1:177,513 | 18,775 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Mamwa (49) may also be a first name.
Mamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mamwa is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mamwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mamwa is the 912,827th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mamwa reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 49 people.
The last name Mamwa is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 177,513. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 71 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 26 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 16 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 Mamwa
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