Mwahu Surname
Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname
Mwahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,066 | 1:49,664 | 5,533 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mwahu (10) may also be a first name.
Mwahu Demographics
Mwahu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwahu is most common in Tanzania. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Mwahu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwahu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 310,170th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,997,980 people. Mwahu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwahu reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mwahu is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,066 people, or 1 in 49,664. In Tanzania Mwahu is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 78 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 8 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Mwahu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mwahu last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwahyu | 91 | 55 | / |
| Mwaihu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwau | 89 | 5,535 | / |
| Mwah | 89 | 192 | / |
| Mwaha | 80 | 381 | / |
| Mwayu | 80 | 85 | / |
| Mwaju | 80 | 57 | / |
| Mweah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwadh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwa | 75 | 915 | / |
| Mwu | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mwaiha | 73 | 142 | / |
| Mwajah | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mwauje | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mwahee | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mwaiho | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mwauyi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mwiyah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwahdh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mhwash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaahs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwauye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mweyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwayah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwauja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwhahe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwahia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwahgi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwauia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwai | 67 | 26,902 | / |
| Mbau | 67 | 6,583 | / |
| Mweu | 67 | 6,461 | / |
| Mwea | 67 | 990 | / |
| Mway | 67 | 245 | / |
| Mwaa | 67 | 124 | / |
| Mwou | 67 | 121 | / |
| Mwahaja | 67 | 92 | / |
| Mvah | 67 | 65 | / |
| Mwaj | 67 | 51 | / |
| Mwua | 67 | 48 | / |
| M'Wahad | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mwahaya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mbhu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mmwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwahowa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwap | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hmwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwuu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwayesh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwihiah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwahaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwue | 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
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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 Mwahu
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