Mwakhwawa Surname
193,101st
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 2,179 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi
Mwakhwawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,170 | 1:7,889 | 1,179 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mwakhwawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakhwawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwakhwawa occurs most in Malawi. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Mwakhwawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakhwawa? popularity and diffusion
Mwakhwawa is the 193,101st most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,344,445 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakhwawa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 2,170 people, or 1 in 7,889. Outside of Malawi it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and The United States, 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 Mwakhwawa
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