Mwakasa Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mwakasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwakasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mwakasa Last Name Facts

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

Mwakasa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwakasa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of Mwakasa are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 60 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Mwakasa is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Mwakasa is most common in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent reside and Kenya, where 10 percent reside.

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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 Mwakasa
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