Mwaba Surname

6,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84,137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwaba Surname Definition:

Mwaba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: an ancestral spirit.

Mwaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia67,6371:23427
DR Congo15,9671:4,627532
Tanzania2081:254,52720,548
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
England531:1,051,28451,324
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Mwaba (5,486) may also be a first name.

Mwaba Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Mwaba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: an ancestral spirit.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Mwaba is a surname of the Ila tribe, meaning: fox.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Mwaba Last Name Facts

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

Mwaba is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwaba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,724th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 86,615 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaba are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mwaba is also the 90,679th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 5,486 people.

The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 67,637 people, or 1 in 234. In Zambia it is most common in: Luapula Province, where 23 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent reside and Northern Province, where 19 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Mwaba Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mwaba earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.56% more than the national average, earning R 319,764 per year and in United States they earn 9.18% less than the national average, earning $39,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaaba91585/
Mwaiba91146/
Mwahba917/
Mmwaba914/
Mwabay914/
Mwabaa913/
Mwabha912/
Mwabau911/
Mhwaba911/
Mwaeba911/
Mwayba911/
Mwabai911/
Mwabaha839/
Mbaba806,007/
Mwabi803,562/
Muaba80709/
Mwabe80591/
Mweba80343/
Mwabo80265/
Mvaba80114/
Mwoba8010/
Mwaby801/
Mwaibaja771/
M'Baba73421/
Mwabei73108/
Mweeba7397/
Mwaabi7377/
Mwaibe7337/
Mbabay7333/
Mbabai7327/
Mbhaba7319/
Muabas737/
Mbabha735/
Mwabey734/
Mwabho734/
Muabat733/
Mbaaba733/
Muabad733/
Muabau733/
Mwaboi732/
Muabay732/
Mwebay731/
Mmwabe731/
Mbabaa731/
Mwauby731/
Mbabau731/
Mwaube731/
Mwavha731/
Mvabaa731/
Mvabai731/
Mwabio731/
Muatba731/
Mwaampe6738/
Mbhabha6733/
Mwahave6718/
Muhaeba6710/
Mwaampa675/
Mwobahe675/
Mouhaba674/
Mbabaha673/
Mvabaya672/
Muabaya671/
Muasbad671/

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