Mwabara Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwabara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwabara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mwabara (5) may also be a first name.

Mwabara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwabara is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwabara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwabara is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Mwabara is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwabara live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 5 people.

The surname Mwabara is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Mwabara is most prevalent in: Kwale County, where 25 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 25 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 25 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwabora86303/
Mwabari86112/
Mbabara8630/
Muatbara801/
Mbaibara801/
Muabarah801/
Mwaibare801/
Mwahabari759/
Mwabahari751/
Muhabatra751/
Mbavara71237/
Mbabare7179/
Mbabari7162/
Mbabaro7142/
Mwebera7131/
Muabera714/
Mwaboro712/
Mbobara711/
Mwobera711/
Mbabaari676/
Mwaiboro671/
Mbaibare671/
Mbaîbare671/
Mbavairra631/
Mbavari57444/
Mbovora57127/
Mbavare5792/
Mbobora5713/
Mwavoro574/
Mbavori571/
Mvebera571/
Muhavare538/
Mbaiboro531/

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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 Mwabara
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