Mukwasa Surname

144,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,078 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mukwasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mukwasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2,7361:5,793700
DR Congo2941:251,29123,908
Zimbabwe241:643,26047,966
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
England81:6,964,757184,742
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mukwasa (15) may also be a first name.

Mukwasa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mukwasa is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mukwasa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 144,371st most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,367,624 people. The surname Mukwasa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukwasa reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 2,736 people, or 1 in 5,793. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 42 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Mukwasa
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