Mwambaji Surname

313,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwambaji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwambaji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,1151:41,4174,338
DR Congo821:900,97060,382

Mwambaji (314) may also be a first name.

Mwambaji Last Name Facts

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

Mwambaji occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwambaji click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwambaji? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 313,815th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,088,175 people. The last name Mwambaji is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambaji are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mwambaji is also the 495,703rd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 314 people.

The last name Mwambaji is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,115 people, or 1 in 41,417. In Kenya Mwambaji is most common in: Kilifi County, where 63 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 22 percent reside and Kwale County, where 15 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.

Mwambaji Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mwambaji surname 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
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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 Mwambaji
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