Mwafrika Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwafrika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwafrika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1731:266,93617,720
Tanzania291:1,825,57347,638
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Mwafrika (107) may also be a first name.

Mwafrika Last Name Facts

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

Mwafrika is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwafrika? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwafrika is the 1,048,281st most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mwafrika are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most common first name internationally, borne by 107 people.

The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 266,936. In Kenya it is most common in: Kwale County, where 95 percent live, Mombasa County, where 2 percent live and Kajiado County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.

Mwafrika Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Mwafrika
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