Mwadzoyo Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwadzoyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwadzoyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1461:316,30119,644

Mwadzoyo Last Name Facts

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

Mwadzoyo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwadzoyo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwadzoyo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 316,301. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kwale County, where 97 percent live, Taita Taveta County, where 3 percent live and Kilifi County, where 1 percent live.

Mwadzoyo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mwadzoyo surname is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwadzoya88566/
Mwadzuyo881/
Mwadzoi8021/
Mwazayo801/
Mwachoyo75261/
Mwadzuya75170/
Mwadzaya7598/
Mwadzeye751/
Mwadzayu751/
Mwazoi7127/
Mwaziya6752/
Mwazuya672/
Mwazayi671/
Mwazeya671/
Mwaziye671/

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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
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  • 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 Mwadzoyo
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