Mwae Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Mwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5371:85,9967,824
Solomon Islands121:48,3369,616
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
England31:18,572,686338,250
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwae (137) may also be a first name.

Mwae Last Name Facts

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

Mwae is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwae? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 560,645th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mwae reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 790,880th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 137 people.

It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 537 people, or 1 in 85,996. In Kenya Mwae is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 60 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 18 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 18 percent reside. Besides Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Mwae Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mwae last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwahe897/
Mwaee891/
Mwaea891/
Mwajje8039/
Mwaiye806/
Mwahee806/
Mwahez804/
Mwhahe801/
Mwajie801/
Mwaije801/
Mweu756,461/
Muae7511/
Mvae758/
Mwoe751/
Mwaheya735/
Mwaheed732/
Mwahhed731/
Mwahi67276/
Mvahe67157/
Mbaea674/
Mwohe672/
Mwaua671/
Mbaey671/
Mbaae671/

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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 Mwae
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