Mutwiwa Surname

208,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,982 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mutwiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mutwiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,9711:23,4302,661
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mutwiwa (478) may also be a first name.

Mutwiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mutwiwa occurs most in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutwiwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 208,668th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,676,865 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mutwiwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mutwiwa is also the 389,041st most common first name world-wide, borne by 478 people.

The last name Mutwiwa is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,971 people, or 1 in 23,430. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Makueni County, where 50 percent are found, Machakos County, where 26 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Mutwiwa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Mutwiwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutw'iwa93119/
Mutwiw'a932/
Mutwiva8619/
Muthwiva8034/
Mituiwa716/
Muduiwa712/
Mutuiva711/
Mutuibai671/
Muthuiva671/
Muthuhewa634/
Muttuisva631/
Mutueva5765/
Mutwebe574/
Mudwuva571/
Muytueva5333/

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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 Mutwiwa
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