Mwachinga Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwachinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwachinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3841:120,26010,066
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwachinga (12) may also be a first name.

Mwachinga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwachinga is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwachinga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 745,450th most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 18,879,653 people. Mwachinga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachinga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname Mwachinga is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 384 people, or 1 in 120,260. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kilifi County, where 64 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 35 percent are found and Kwale County, where 0 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

Mwachinga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Mwachinga
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