Muwayire Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Muwayire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 291 | 1:134,156 | 12,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Muwayire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muwayire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muwayire is found most frequently in Uganda. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Muwayire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muwayire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muwayire is the 910,497th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muwayire live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 134,156. In Uganda Muwayire is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 35 percent reside, Kampala District, where 21 percent reside and Luweero District, where 9 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muswayire | 94 | 2 | / |
| Muwaire | 93 | 20 | / |
| Muwayira | 88 | 54 | / |
| Muwayrie | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muware | 86 | 31 | / |
| Musvayire | 82 | 2 | / |
| Muwaira | 80 | 63 | / |
| Muwairi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mowaire | 80 | 5 | / |
| Muwoire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muhwire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mubaire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muwaree | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muuswayiri | 78 | 1 | / |
| Musvaire | 75 | 1,621 | / |
| Muswairi | 75 | 21 | / |
| Muhwaira | 75 | 13 | / |
| Mubayiri | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mowayere | 75 | 3 | / |
| Muswaure | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muwayura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muvire | 71 | 26 | / |
| Muvare | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mubair | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muwaer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muvair | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mubairi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mubajir | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moubair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mubayer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muvaira | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Muwayire
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis