Mkamwa Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Mkamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkamwa is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mkamwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkamwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Mkamwa reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mkamwa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 33 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 8 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Mkamwa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 38 percent are found and Italy, where 4 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 Mkamwa
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