Muwanje Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Muwanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Muwanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muwanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muwanje is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muwanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 885,573rd most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muwanje live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Muwanje
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