Mawanza Surname
Approximately 639 people bear this surname
Mawanza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 367 | 1:42,066 | 6,486 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Mawanza (21) may also be a first name.
Mawanza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawanza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mawanza is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawanza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mawanza is the 511,519th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,404,610 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mawanza reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mawanza is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 42,066. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 42 percent live, Midlands Province, where 20 percent live and Harare Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mawandza | 93 | 71 | / |
| Mahwanza | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mawanzah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mabanza | 86 | 19,827 | / |
| Mawanja | 86 | 753 | / |
| Mavanza | 86 | 501 | / |
| Mawanzo | 86 | 96 | / |
| Mawanzi | 86 | 69 | / |
| Mawenza | 86 | 42 | / |
| Mawansa | 86 | 10 | / |
| Mawanze | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mawonza | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mewanza | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mawanca | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mowanza | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mabandza | 80 | 1,507 | / |
| Mawansah | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mowandza | 80 | 2 | / |
| M'Abanza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mawandja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mawandzi | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Abandza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mobanza | 71 | 1,329 | / |
| Mabansa | 71 | 436 | / |
| Mawangi | 71 | 364 | / |
| Mabanzo | 71 | 192 | / |
| Mabanze | 71 | 164 | / |
| Mawonzo | 71 | 164 | / |
| Mabonza | 71 | 140 | / |
| Mowenza | 71 | 137 | / |
| Mabanzi | 71 | 122 | / |
| Mawonzi | 71 | 56 | / |
| Mewonza | 71 | 48 | / |
| Mavanja | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mawanje | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mawanjo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mevanza | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mavanca | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mawonze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mawange | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mowanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mowanze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mavenza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mawanso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mawanji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mabansay | 67 | 250 | / |
| Mavounza | 67 | 132 | / |
| Maswanjo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mobandza | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mavanjay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mawandge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mawandji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mowandja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maiwanso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mabancha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mawoonzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mabondza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmavanja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mabhonza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mabontza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahwanje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mabanzhe | 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
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- 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 Mawanza
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