Mkwawira Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Mkwawira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Mkwawira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkwawira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkwawira is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mkwawira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkwawira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mkwawira is the 1,691,963rd most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Mkwawira is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwawira reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 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
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- 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 Mkwawira
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