Mwakatika Surname
Approximately 1,378 people bear this surname
Mwakatika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,035 | 1:51,151 | 5,680 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwakatika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakatika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwakatika occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakatika? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwakatika is the 280,304th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,288,495 people. The surname Mwakatika occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakatika are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,035 people, or 1 in 51,151. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 57 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 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 Mwakatika
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