Muchegwa Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Muchegwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 334 | 1:46,222 | 7,101 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muchegwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchegwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muchegwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchegwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 801,116th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Muchegwa live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 46,222. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 42 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 25 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muchekwa | 88 | 259 | / |
| Muchagwa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Muchegwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mushegwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muchenkwa | 82 | 30 | / |
| Muchetkwa | 82 | 8 | / |
| Mutshegwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muchighwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mucheukwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Musegwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mukegwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mushekwa | 75 | 714 | / |
| Muchakwa | 75 | 240 | / |
| Muchokwa | 75 | 218 | / |
| Mushigwa | 75 | 62 | / |
| Muchigwe | 75 | 45 | / |
| Muchikwa | 75 | 17 | / |
| Musekgwa | 75 | 10 | / |
| Muchicwa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Muchacwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muchecua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mochekwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moshegwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Museugwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motshegwa | 71 | 2,512 | / |
| Mutshekwa | 71 | 248 | / |
| Musheekwa | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mothsegwa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mushenkwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Muchingwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mushaigwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mutseigwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muchagwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mukekwa | 67 | 17,719 | / |
| Musekwa | 67 | 4,512 | / |
| Musigwa | 67 | 925 | / |
| Muzigwa | 67 | 38 | / |
| Muzekwa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Muxekwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Motshekgwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mosegwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mugiqwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mugekwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mugikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mugicwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mocekwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Muchegwa
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