Mwambuchi Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Mwambuchi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 491 | 1:107,824 | 10,467 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
Mwambuchi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambuchi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwambuchi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambuchi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 618,896th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambuchi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 491 people, or 1 in 107,824. In Tanzania Mwambuchi is most common in: Njombe Region, where 60 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 29 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 7 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwambucha | 89 | 140 | / |
| Mwambushi | 89 | 100 | / |
| Mwambusi | 82 | 788 | / |
| Mwambuki | 82 | 175 | / |
| Mwambuzi | 82 | 145 | / |
| Mwambuji | 82 | 11 | / |
| Mwambuce | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mwambausi | 78 | 253 | / |
| Mwambudzi | 78 | 10 | / |
| Mwambushe | 78 | 4 | / |
| Mwambauji | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwambusha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwambusa | 71 | 370 | / |
| Mwambuka | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mbambusi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mwambuke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambutsa | 67 | 97 | / |
| Mbambushe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhambuzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwambosa | 59 | 149 | / |
| Mwamboka | 59 | 4 | / |
| Mbambuse | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mwambose | 59 | 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
- 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 Mwambuchi
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