Mubawu Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mubawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mubawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe861:179,51421,615
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mubawu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mubawu is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mubawu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Mubawu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mubawu live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 179,514. In Zimbabwe Mubawu is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 55 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 17 percent reside and Harare Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mubhawu92130/
Muwawu831,252/
Mobawu831/
Mibawu831/
Muwaawu776/
Mauwawu771/
Mibavu675/
Muvowu674/
Mibewu671/
Muwavu671/
Muvabu671/
Mubobu671/
Mubevu671/
Muwowu671/
Muwaybu621/
Mousbaouhou591/
Mobuojwu571/

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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 Mubawu
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