Mawira Surname
Approximately 11,272 people bear this surname
Mawira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10,032 | 1:4,603 | 661 |
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 538 | 1:28,696 | 4,411 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 1:1,537,781 | 102,932 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mawira (3,371) may also be a first name.
Mawira Demographics
Mawira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mawira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mawira occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 45,988th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 646,518 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mawira live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 122,784th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 3,371 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 10,032 people, or 1 in 4,603. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Meru County, where 51 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 37 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 6 percent are found. Beside Kenya it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
Mawira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mawira
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