Mwaga Surname
Approximately 857 people bear this surname
Mwaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 368 | 1:143,863 | 13,168 |
| Uganda | 255 | 1:153,095 | 13,502 |
| Kenya | 145 | 1:318,482 | 19,707 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Mwaga (195) may also be a first name.
Mwaga Demographics
Mwaga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwaga occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwaga is the 408,080th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,503,554 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mwaga are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mwaga is also the 649,894th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 195 people.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 143,863. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 35 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 26 percent live and Pwani Region, where 26 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent live and Kenya, where 17 percent live.
Mwaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (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
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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 Mwaga
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