Mawarire Surname

200,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,080 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mawarire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mawarire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2,0451:7,549861
England141:3,979,861125,553
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mawarire (10) may also be a first name.

Mawarire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mawarire is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mawarire? popularity and diffusion

It is the 200,601st most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,503,628 people. Mawarire is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mawarire reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mawarire is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 10 people.

It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2,045 people, or 1 in 7,549. In Zimbabwe Mawarire is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 28 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Machwarire891/
Mawarira88105/
Mabarire8851/
Mavarire8827/
Mawarure8826/
Mawariri888/
Mawarere881/
Mawarera751/
Mavarira751/
Mawaruri751/
Mauvarare711/
Mavharira711/
Mavarer674/
Mawerere632,948/
Maworera63612/
Maworere63297/
Movarare636/
Moubarir632/
Movarere631/
Mahwerere5983/
Moubarrir5910/
Mawherere598/
Mawereere592/
Moworer530/
Mavorera508/
Maverere502/
Moubarer501/
Moworera501/
Maborere501/

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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 Mawarire
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