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

Mwaiwe is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwaiwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 391,429th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 142 people.

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

Mwaiwe Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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
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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 Mwaiwe
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