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
Mwaga is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mwaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwaga is the 408,080th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,503,554 people. The last name is primarily found 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 prevalent forename on earth, held by 195 people.
The surname Mwaga is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 368 people, or 1 in 143,863. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 35 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 26 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 26 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Mwaga occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and Kenya, where 17 percent reside.
Mwaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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
- 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 Mwaga
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