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 or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,988th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 646,518 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mawira reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mawira is also the 122,784th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 3,371 people.
Mawira is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 10,032 people, or 1 in 4,603. In Kenya Mawira is most numerous in: Meru County, where 51 percent live, Tharaka Nithi County, where 37 percent live and Nairobi County, where 6 percent live. Aside from Kenya it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.
Mawira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally 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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