Mwadawa Surname

156,421st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,799 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mwadawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mwadawa 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
DR Congo2,7981:26,4043,311
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mwadawa (9,077) may also be a first name.

Mwadawa Last Name Facts

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

Mwadawa is most common in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwadawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 156,421st most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,603,625 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwadawa live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 65,339th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 9,077 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,798 people, or 1 in 26,404. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent live.

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
Muadawa8621/
Mwadewa861/
Mwadaba861/
Muadaewa801/
Mbadaba7125/
Mvadaba714/
Muadavat672/
Muadova571/
Mbodaba571/
Mbadabe571/
Mboudawi532/
Muhadova531/
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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 Mwadawa
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