Mkwayaya Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mkwayaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkwayaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mkwayaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mkwayaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mkwayaya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkwayaya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mkwayaya live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mkwayaya is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mtwara Region, where 90 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 48 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkwaya86831/
Mkway77192/
Mkwajaja751/
Mkwayi711,413/
Mkwayu711,114/
Mkweya71121/
Mkwaai7111/
Mkwaye718/
Mkwayo714/
Mgwaya713/
Mqwaya712/
McKway712/
Mkwaja711/
Mkwaiy711/
Mgqwayiya711/
Mcwaya711/
Mngwaya67238/
Mnkwayi671/
Mgwayah671/

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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 Mkwayaya
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