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 last name Mukwe occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mukwe is the 378,966th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,736,248 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukwe live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 38 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mukwe is also the 825,494th most common first name at a global level, borne by 127 people.
It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 344 people, or 1 in 134,244. In Kenya Mukwe is most common in: Kakamega County, where 50 percent live, Kajiado County, where 43 percent live and Bungoma County, where 3 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 24 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live.
Mukwe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mukwe last name is principally 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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