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

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Mwachama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwachama occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwachama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,894,523rd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachama are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 486,104. In Kenya Mwachama is primarily concentrated in: Kwale County, where 99 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Mwachama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mwachama surname is principally 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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