Mkwawa Surname
Approximately 4,620 people bear this surname
Mkwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,566 | 1:11,595 | 1,514 |
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkwawa (26) may also be a first name.
Mkwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkwawa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkwawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 102,071st most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,577,391 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwawa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4,566 people, or 1 in 11,595. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 14 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 13 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mkwawa
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