Mwachama Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwachama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwachama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya951:486,10425,105
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwachama Demographics

Mwachama Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Mwachama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwachama is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwachama? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,894,523rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Mwachama is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachama live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwachama is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 486,104. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kwale County, where 99 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent live.

Mwachama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwachema8870/
Mwashama8816/
Mwachoma889/
Mwachame881/
Mbatchama821/
Mwasama80272/
Mwazama809/
Mwatsama75251/
Mwachome75237/
Mwadzama75226/
Mwashoma75107/
Muashama754/
Mwaisama754/
Muasama67335/
Mbazama677/
Muazama675/
Mvazama672/
Mwazamo671/
Mbasama671/
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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 Mwachama
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