Muhuwa Surname
Approximately 1,300 people bear this surname
Muhuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| Tanzania | 427 | 1:123,985 | 11,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Muhuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muhuwa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhuwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 293,736th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,605,805 people. The last name Muhuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muhuwa live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Muhuwa is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Barring Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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