Mwabuka Surname

385,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 921 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwabuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwabuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia5711:27,7582,906
DR Congo2391:309,12027,984
Tanzania1101:481,28732,644
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwabuka (29) may also be a first name.

Mwabuka Last Name Facts

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

Mwabuka is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwabuka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwabuka is the 385,671st most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,912,645 people. The surname Mwabuka occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwabuka reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwabuka is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 29 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 571 people, or 1 in 27,758. In Zambia Mwabuka is most frequent in: Central Province, where 34 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 31 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaabuka9344/
Mwabueka931/
Mwaboka8669/
Mwabuke8648/
Mwabuki8611/
Muabuka861/
Mwabuike806/
Muhabuka803/
Mwaboki714/
Muaboka714/
Muobuka711/
Muhabuki6712/
Mmuobuka675/
Muhabuke671/
Muhebuka671/
Muobuike53138/
Mmuobuke533/
Mmuobuike5049/

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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 Mwabuka
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