Muwo Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1211:130,9919,752
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Kenya491:942,44733,788
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Muwo (43) may also be a first name.

Muwo Last Name Facts

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

Muwo is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Muwo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 889,654th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname Muwo is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Muwo live; 41 percent live in Southern Africa and 41 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most common first name globally. It is borne by 43 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 130,991. In Zambia Muwo is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 56 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 41 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent reside. Not including Zambia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and Kenya, where 16 percent reside.

Muwo Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muuwo8967/
Muswo8942/
Muwoh8922/
Mouwo8921/
Muwod8913/
Meuwo897/
Muiwo895/
Mauwo893/
Muw'o891/
Muwoy891/
Muwot891/
Muhwo891/
Muuw'o805/
Mouwou801/
Mujjwo801/
Mouw'o801/
Muewoh801/
Muwa752,571/
Mowo75734/
Mubo75463/
Muvo7537/
Miwo7533/
Mgouwou731/
Mauwa6732,555/
Mhuwa67453/
Muwah67188/
Muiwa67166/
Muewa6791/
Mouwa6788/
Mauvo6757/
Meuwa6722/
Mouvo6722/
Muibo6718/
Muevo6716/
Mubho6712/
Maubo6712/
Mujuo6711/
Muhwa6711/
Moubo6710/
Moowo677/
Mhubo677/
Muubo676/
Mowoi674/
Muvot674/
Muvho673/
Mowou673/
Musuo673/
Mubuo672/
Mowoa672/
Muwwa672/
Muwha672/
Muuwa672/
Musvo672/
Muboi672/
Mujwa672/
Mubou671/
Muboy671/
Muvoh671/
Muwua671/
Moeuo671/
Mowoo671/
Meubo671/
Miwoh671/
Mihuo671/
Mmuwa671/
Mowuo671/
Muwaa671/
Muvou671/
Mowoy670/

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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
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  • 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 Muwo
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