Mbwayu Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Mbwayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 183 | 1:289,298 | 22,476 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
Mbwayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbwayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbwayu occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbwayu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,163,787th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbwayu are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 289,298. In Tanzania Mbwayu is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 70 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 26 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbwau | 91 | 139 | / |
| Mbway | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mbwaya | 83 | 3,482 | / |
| Mbwaye | 83 | 176 | / |
| Mbwayo | 83 | 74 | / |
| Mbwayi | 83 | 18 | / |
| Mbuayu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mmbwaya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mbwey | 73 | 27 | / |
| Mbwai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nbway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbuay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbuaya | 67 | 3,546 | / |
| Mbwiya | 67 | 485 | / |
| Mbuayi | 67 | 315 | / |
| Mbweya | 67 | 81 | / |
| Mbwija | 67 | 75 | / |
| Mbweja | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mpwayi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mbwaje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mbwa'a | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbweha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbwiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbuaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbwoyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbwoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbweyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbwaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbwaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbwaai | 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
- 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 Mbwayu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis