Mazirwe Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mazirwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mazirwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1361:287,05420,278
Zimbabwe291:532,35342,865
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mazirwe Last Name Facts

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

Mazirwe occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mazirwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mazirwe live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 287,054. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Mitooma District, where 24 percent live, Mbarara District, where 21 percent live and Ntungamo District, where 12 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maisirwe8014/
Massirwe802/
Maicherwe752/
Maserwe7133/
Maitcherwe7127/
Masirwa719/
Majirve715/
Mosirwe712/
Mozerwe711/
Mozirwa711/
Maserweh672/
Masairwa671/
Mazerver671/
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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 Mazirwe
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