Mwakwaya Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Mwakwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 70 | 1:659,713 | 29,380 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mwakwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwakwaya is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakwaya? popularity and diffusion
Mwakwaya is the 2,220,661st most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwakwaya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mwakwaya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 659,713. In Kenya Mwakwaya is most common in: Kilifi County, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 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
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