Mukwe Surname
Approximately 942 people bear this surname
Mukwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 344 | 1:134,244 | 11,002 |
| Zambia | 227 | 1:69,823 | 6,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 130 | 1:118,756 | 16,091 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Mukwe (127) may also be a first name.
Mukwe Demographics
Mukwe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mukwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mukwe is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mukwe is the 378,966th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,736,248 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukwe are found; 40 percent are found in East Africa and 38 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mukwe is also the 825,494th most common first name globally. It is borne by 127 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 344 people, or 1 in 134,244. In Kenya Mukwe is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 50 percent live, Kajiado County, where 43 percent live and Bungoma County, where 3 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 24 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live.
Mukwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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 Mukwe
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