Mwadia Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Mwadia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 188 | 1:281,604 | 22,057 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
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
Mwadia is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwadia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 940,398th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Mwadia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwadia reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held given name globally It is held by 51 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 188 people, or 1 in 281,604. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 99 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
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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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