Mwakwama Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Mwakwama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 90 | 1:588,240 | 37,030 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
Mwakwama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakwama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwakwama is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakwama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwakwama is the 1,860,621st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname Mwakwama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakwama are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mwakwama is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 588,240. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Mwakwama
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