Mkwazu Surname
Approximately 672 people bear this surname
Mkwazu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 671 | 1:78,900 | 8,127 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mkwazu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkwazu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkwazu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mkwazu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkwazu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 492,243rd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,844,562 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwazu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 671 people, or 1 in 78,900. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 49 percent live, Pwani Region, where 37 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Mkwazu is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, 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 Mkwazu
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