Mhowa Surname
Approximately 523 people bear this surname
Mhowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 285 | 1:185,760 | 16,061 |
| Zimbabwe | 235 | 1:65,695 | 9,890 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Mhowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mhowa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhowa? popularity and diffusion
Mhowa is the 595,654th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,934,122 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhowa are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mhowa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 185,760. In Tanzania Mhowa is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 59 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 28 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 45 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mhowa
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