Muiwa Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Muiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 120 | 1:384,832 | 21,900 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muiwa (139) may also be a first name.
Muiwa Demographics
Muiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Muiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muiwa is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muiwa is the 1,343,156th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Muiwa reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Muiwa is also the 784,558th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 139 people.
The surname Muiwa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 384,832. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Machakos County, where 89 percent live, Makueni County, where 8 percent live and Embu County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Muiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Muiwa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Muiwa
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