Mwagara Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Mwagara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 229 | 1:231,186 | 19,065 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
Mwagara (21) may also be a first name.
Mwagara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwagara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwagara occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwagara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwagara is the 953,750th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwagara reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 231,186. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 60 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 34 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbagara | 86 | 263 | / |
| Mwagaro | 86 | 111 | / |
| Mwagare | 86 | 59 | / |
| Mwagari | 86 | 14 | / |
| Mwagharo | 80 | 105 | / |
| Mwangari | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mwangaro | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mwagaire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbaigara | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbaghara | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwangairo | 75 | 611 | / |
| Mwangareh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwogera | 71 | 74 | / |
| Mbagare | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mwogora | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mwagore | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mbagari | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muogara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwagori | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muoghara | 67 | 175 | / |
| Mwegairo | 67 | 94 | / |
| Mwongora | 67 | 8 | / |
| Muangari | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwangore | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwaghore | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwagara
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