Mwachiwe Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwachiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwachiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1081:427,59223,179

Mwachiwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwachiwe occurs most in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwachiwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwachiwe? popularity and diffusion

Mwachiwe is the 1,765,740th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Mwachiwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachiwe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwachiwe is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 427,592. In Kenya Mwachiwe is most common in: Kilifi County, where 98 percent live, Machakos County, where 1 percent live and Makueni County, where 1 percent live.

Mwachiwe Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwachiwa88132/
Mwachibe884/
Mwachuwe881/
Mwatshiwe821/
Mwaziwe804/
Mwachiyawa781/
Mwadziwe751,313/
Mwakhiwa75514/
Mwashiwa754/
Mwachuwi751/
Mwakichui7161/
Mwaushiwa714/
Mwashihwa711/
Mwazewe67379/
Mwasiwa6799/
Mwakiwa6759/
Mwachiyava679/
Mwajibe674/
Mbaziwe672/
Mwachiyabi671/

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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 Mwachiwe
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