Mwabena Surname
Approximately 1,181 people bear this surname
Mwabena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,180 | 1:44,866 | 5,074 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mwabena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwabena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwabena has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mwabena.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwabena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 317,282nd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,170,657 people. The surname Mwabena occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwabena live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mwabena is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,180 people, or 1 in 44,866. In Tanzania Mwabena is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 82 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 8 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwabana | 86 | 849 | / |
| Mwabene | 86 | 112 | / |
| Mwabina | 86 | 20 | / |
| Mwabeni | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mwebena | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muabena | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwabona | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwabenge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwabengo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaibinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muabana | 71 | 781 | / |
| Mwabini | 71 | 114 | / |
| Mwabano | 71 | 46 | / |
| Muabene | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mbabeno | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mwebana | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mvabana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwabino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwavina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwabine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbobena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muebena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muabina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwampina | 67 | 104 | / |
| Mwabuine | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muabinga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbabenou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mboibena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbavina | 57 | 21 | / |
| Mbobene | 57 | 3 | / |
| Muaveny | 57 | 2 | / |
| Muabino | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muebana | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muhabini | 53 | 9 | / |
| Mbaboine | 53 | 8 | / |
| Muhavene | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muabinyi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhobana | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mboubenou | 50 | 11 | / |
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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 Mwabena
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis