Muwi Surname
Approximately 467 people bear this surname
Muwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 397 | 1:38,887 | 6,016 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Muwi (95) may also be a first name.
Muwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muwi is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muwi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muwi is the 648,005th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,605,023 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Muwi live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muwi is also the 974,243rd most common first name globally. It is borne by 95 people.
The surname Muwi is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 397 people, or 1 in 38,887. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 78 percent live, Harare Province, where 10 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, 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 Muwi
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