Mwambai Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Mwambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 241 | 1:191,618 | 14,201 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwambai (11) may also be a first name.
Mwambai Demographics
Mwambai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwambai is most common in Kenya. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwambai.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 914,967th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. Mwambai is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambai live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwambai is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
Mwambai is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 191,618. In Kenya Mwambai is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 92 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 4 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Mwambai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwambai last name is chiefly Christian (100%) 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 Mwambai
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