Mwambura Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Mwambura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 163 | 1:283,312 | 18,418 |
| Tanzania | 137 | 1:386,435 | 27,768 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwambura (108) may also be a first name.
Mwambura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwambura is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mwambura.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambura? popularity and diffusion
Mwambura is the 868,551st most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwambura reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 108 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 283,312. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 97 percent are found, Embu County, where 1 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 44 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwasembura | 89 | 13 | / |
| Mwamburi | 88 | 7,751 | / |
| Mwambora | 88 | 6 | / |
| Mwamvura | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mbambura | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muhambura | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mbamvura | 75 | 68 | / |
| Mwomburi | 75 | 33 | / |
| Mwanvura | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mwombora | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mbamburi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwamvuri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwanburi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbamvoura | 71 | 4 | / |
| Muhambure | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbambourou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbanvura | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mbeambourou | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mbomboura | 59 | 1 | / |
| Muombori | 50 | 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 Mwambura
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