Marwira Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Marwira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marwira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1091:141,63518,305
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938

Marwira (59) may also be a first name.

Marwira Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marwira Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Marwira occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Marwira click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marwira? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,658,108th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Marwira are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 59 people.

It is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 141,635. In Zimbabwe Marwira is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 37 percent are found, Harare Province, where 23 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 21 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

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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 Marwira
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