Mwaikenda Surname

189,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwaikenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwaikenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,2281:23,7622,924
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwaikenda Last Name Facts

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

Mwaikenda occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwaikenda? popularity and diffusion

Mwaikenda is the 189,210th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,263,567 people. The surname Mwaikenda is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaikenda live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Mwaikenda is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,228 people, or 1 in 23,762. In Tanzania Mwaikenda is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 63 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Mwaikenda exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 0 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Mwaikenda
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