Mwaiwe Surname

391,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwaiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwaiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9031:51,1415,185
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mwaiwe (142) may also be a first name.

Mwaiwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwaiwe is found most in Kenya. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mwaiwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwaiwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 391,429th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. The last name Mwaiwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaiwe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwaiwe is also the 775,413th most common first name at a global level, borne by 142 people.

The surname Mwaiwe is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 903 people, or 1 in 51,141. In Kenya Mwaiwe is primarily concentrated in: Kwale County, where 73 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 27 percent are found and Kilifi County, where 0 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.

Mwaiwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (58%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Mwawe9196/
Mwiwe9113/
Mwaiwa83509/
Mwaibe8337/
Mwaywe8323/
Mwiswe8321/
Mwavie834/
Mwawea831/
Mwajwe831/
Mwawei831/
Mwaw807/
Mwajibe774/
Mwayawe771/
Mwawa734,310/
Mwiwa731,376/
Mwewe73468/
Mwawi73200/
Mwavi7366/
Mwawd7312/
Mwiwi736/
Muawe734/
Mwave732/
Mwawh731/
Mwhaw731/
Mwashwei7121/
Mwaiwowa711/
Muhayiwe711/
Muawei67479/
Mwaywa67226/
Mbahwe67173/
Mbaibe67163/
Mweiwa67131/
Mwabei67108/
Mwaabi6777/
Mwiyaw6775/
Mwawai6772/
Mwauwa6731/
Mwuave6731/
Mbawei6725/
Mbaive6719/
Mbajwe6715/
Mwavai6711/
Mwabey674/
Mwaver674/
Muawie672/
Mwiw'a672/
Mmwabe671/
Mwabai671/
Mvaswe671/
Mwaube671/
Mbewwe671/
Mwasui671/
Mwivai671/
Mwahwa671/
Mbeawe671/
Mbawee671/
Mweewe671/

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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 Mwaiwe
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