Mwakwenda Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
Mwakwenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 411 | 1:128,812 | 12,091 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwakwenda Demographics
Mwakwenda Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwakwenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakwenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwakwenda has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwakwenda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakwenda? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwakwenda is the 676,370th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakwenda are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 411 people, or 1 in 128,812. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 87 percent live, Iringa Region, where 8 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Tanzania Mwakwenda is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Mwakwenda Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mwakwenda
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