Mwamburi Surname

64,541st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,751 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwamburi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwamburi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7,7021:5,996820
England151:3,714,537119,675
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Mwamburi (1,468) may also be a first name.

Mwamburi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwamburi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwamburi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 64,541st most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 940,207 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamburi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 203,259th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 1,468 people.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 7,702 people, or 1 in 5,996. In Kenya Mwamburi is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 60 percent live, Mombasa County, where 18 percent live and Nairobi County, where 7 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Sudan, where 0 percent live.

Mwamburi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (98%) in Kenya.

Mwamburi earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.21% more than the national average, earning $60,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwambura88312/
Mwomburi8833/
Mbamburi881/
Mwanburi881/
Mwamvuri881/
Mwambora756/
Muhambura712/
Muhambure711/
Mwombora632/
Muombori631/
Mbombouri591/

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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 Mwamburi
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