Mwaana Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Mwaana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 63 | 1:251,586 | 15,178 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwaana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwaana occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Mwaana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwaana live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 251,586. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 84 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 8 percent reside and Central Province, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mwaana
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