Mwadia Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwadia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwadia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1881:281,60422,057
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mwadia (51) may also be a first name.

Mwadia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwadia is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwadia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 940,398th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwadia live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most prevalent given name globally, borne by 51 people.

The last name Mwadia is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 281,604. In Tanzania Mwadia is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 99 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwadiat924/
Muadia83281/
Mbadia83125/
Mwadya8339/
Mwadja8334/
Mwedia835/
Mwadio835/
Mwodia831/
Muadiad7717/
M'Badia771/
Muhadiah714/
Mbadja6766/
Muhadijah6732/
Mbodia673/
Mwadjo672/
Mbadio672/
Muedia671/
Muadja671/
Muadiatsh671/
Mbadya671/
Muadya671/

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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 Mwadia
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