Mwakamu Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Mwakamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwakamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwakamu is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakamu? popularity and diffusion
Mwakamu is the 1,955,159th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakamu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 518,875. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 96 percent live, Bomet County, where 1 percent live and Machakos County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mwakamu
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