Mriwa Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Mriwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mriwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1521:303,81519,191
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Mriwà (1) are calculated separately.

Mriwa (26) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mriwa Demographics

Mriwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mriwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mriwa is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Mriwà. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mriwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mriwa is the 1,359,010th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Mriwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mriwa are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 303,815. In Kenya it is most common in: Kwale County, where 93 percent live, Taita Taveta County, where 6 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 6 percent live and Libya, where 1 percent live.

Mriwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mriwa surname is principally Muslim (67%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mriwà931/
Mraiwa9116/
Mroiwa918/
Mrichwa831/
Mroiswa831/
Mrewa801,366/
Mriba80400/
Mrzewa73162/
Mrehwa7352/
Mrivai7339/
Mreiba7329/
Mrzywa735/
Mraywa734/
Mrhiba734/
Mribai734/
Mrewad734/
M'Rewa731/
Mribha731/
Mriouah67277/
M'Reiba6712/
Mreiwed671/
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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 Mriwa
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