Mwamakamba Surname
Approximately 556 people bear this surname
Mwamakamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 542 | 1:97,678 | 9,666 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mwamakamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamakamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwamakamba is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamakamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwamakamba is the 568,231st most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,107,097 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwamakamba live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 542 people, or 1 in 97,678. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 85 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwamkamba | 95 | 591 | / |
| Mwamakwamba | 95 | 4 | / |
| Mwamukamba | 90 | 31 | / |
| Mwamakomba | 90 | 9 | / |
| Mamkamba | 89 | 3 | / |
| Mwamkumba | 84 | 2 | / |
| Mamakomba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mwamakombe | 80 | 157 | / |
| Mamgamba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwamgomba | 74 | 123 | / |
| Mwamkumbi | 74 | 91 | / |
| Maimakemb | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mamikambo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mamacomba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Moamekamb | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mwemgamba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mimkamb | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwamukumbi | 70 | 2 | / |
| Mamekouamb | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mwamakonbe | 70 | 1 | / |
| Myamukomba | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mwamukumbe | 70 | 1 | / |
| Muamukumba | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mamekomb | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mamgambi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Momikamb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miamkomb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mamkombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mamkombe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwamakamba
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