Mugwe Surname
Approximately 4,266 people bear this surname
Mugwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,633 | 1:12,711 | 1,580 |
| Tanzania | 371 | 1:142,700 | 13,086 |
| Uganda | 193 | 1:202,276 | 16,174 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Mugwe (1,427) may also be a first name.
Mugwe Demographics
Mugwe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mugwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mugwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mugwe is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mugwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 109,119th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,708,285 people. The surname Mugwe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mugwe reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mugwe is also the 206,591st most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 1,427 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 3,633 people, or 1 in 12,711. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Muranga County, where 17 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 14 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
Mugwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mugwe earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.29% more than the national average, earning $51,906 USD per year.
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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 Mugwe
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