Mwaipaya Surname
Approximately 1,063 people bear this surname
Mwaipaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 822 | 1:64,406 | 6,839 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zambia | 79 | 1:200,632 | 13,107 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwaipaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaipaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwaipaya occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaipaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 344,624th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,855,641 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaipaya live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwaipaya is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 822 people, or 1 in 64,406. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 50 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 34 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 15 percent live and Zambia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwapaya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwaipaja | 88 | 4,560 | / |
| Mweipaya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwapfaya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwaipa | 86 | 182 | / |
| Mwayipoya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwapeya | 80 | 526 | / |
| Mwaipha | 80 | 98 | / |
| Mwapaha | 80 | 75 | / |
| Mwapfaa | 80 | 31 | / |
| Mbapaya | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mwepaya | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mbipaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaphaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwapa | 77 | 167 | / |
| Mwipa | 77 | 113 | / |
| Mwaupeya | 75 | 71 | / |
| Mwaipaji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbaipayi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwapai | 71 | 15 | / |
| Mwaipe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mwapea | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mwapfa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mwipye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwayopa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mwaupea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muapuya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwapuja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbapeya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwepiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muapaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwapoja | 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 Mwaipaya
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