Mwamadi Surname

78,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwamadi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwamadi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5,3591:3,194409
DR Congo4381:168,67517,317
Zimbabwe2111:73,16710,843
Kenya1311:352,51820,779
Uganda351:1,115,40846,348
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwamadi (3,981) may also be a first name.

Mwamadi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwamadi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mwamadi has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mwamadi.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwamadi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 78,741st most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,174,842 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamadi reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 110,762nd most widespread forename at a global level, held by 3,981 people.

The last name Mwamadi is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 5,359 people, or 1 in 3,194. Outside of Malawi this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Mwamadi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mwamadi surname is primarily Muslim (67%) in Kenya.

Mwamadi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.91% less than the national average, earning R 71,508 per year.

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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 Mwamadi
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