Mwabeja Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwabeja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwabeja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2281:202,54314,705
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653

Mwabeja (11) may also be a first name.

Mwabeja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwabeja occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mwabeja click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwabeja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,076,574th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwabeja live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwabeja is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Mwabeja is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 202,543. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kwale County, where 52 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 46 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

Mwabeja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwabeja last name is chiefly Muslim (83%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwabeya863,409/
Mwabeza861,499/
Mwabesa86204/
Mwabeha86123/
Mwabija864/
Mwabuja861/
Mwabeji861/
Mwaveja861/
Mwabheya8078/
Mwabehah801/
Mwampeja801/
Mwaibaja801/
Mwabei77108/
Mwabey774/
Mwabay774/
Mwabaa773/
Mwabye772/
Mwabai771/
Mwabau771/
Mwabaya711,637/
Mwaveya71204/
Mwabuya7141/
Mwaboye715/
Mwabayi715/
Mwabujo714/
Muabeya714/
Mwaveza714/
Mwabuji713/
Mwabiye711/
Mwabiya711/
Mwabiza711/
Mwabisa711/
Mwampaja67199/
Mwampeya6751/
Mwaibuji673/
Mwaveyah671/
Mwaibaje671/
Mbabhuja671/

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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 Mwabeja
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