Mkwachu Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Mkwachu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 615 | 1:86,084 | 8,733 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Mkwachu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkwachu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkwachu has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkwachu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 523,789th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwachu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 615 people, or 1 in 86,084. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 54 percent are found, Lindi Region, where 24 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 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 Mkwachu
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