Mwaini Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Mwaini Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwaini Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaini Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwaini is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mwaini.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaini? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,391,595th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Mwaini occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaini reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Mwaini is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Barring Malawi Mwaini is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 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
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