Mwakabana Surname
Approximately 1,465 people bear this surname
Mwakabana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 887 | 1:59,686 | 6,416 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwakabana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakabana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwakabana occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakabana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 266,766th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,974,434 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakabana are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 887 people, or 1 in 59,686. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 72 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 39 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwakabanga | 95 | 2,053 | / |
| Mwakabona | 89 | 257 | / |
| Mwakawana | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mwakabano | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mwakabanje | 84 | 418 | / |
| Mwakabango | 84 | 84 | / |
| Mwakavanga | 84 | 53 | / |
| Mwakabonga | 74 | 732 | / |
| Mwakowona | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwakawonga | 63 | 209 | / |
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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 Mwakabana
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