Mwambuzi Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Mwambuzi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 143 | 1:370,221 | 27,074 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwambuzi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambuzi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwambuzi is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Mwambuzi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambuzi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,465,390th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambuzi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 370,221. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 90 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 6 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwambudzi | 94 | 10 | / |
| Mwambusi | 88 | 788 | / |
| Mwambugi | 88 | 760 | / |
| Mwambozi | 88 | 429 | / |
| Mwambuji | 88 | 11 | / |
| Mwambuchi | 82 | 497 | / |
| Mwambausi | 82 | 253 | / |
| Mwambushi | 82 | 100 | / |
| Mwambauji | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muhambuzi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwasimbuji | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwambusa | 75 | 370 | / |
| Mwamboza | 75 | 11 | / |
| Mbambusi | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mwambuce | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mwamboze | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwembuze | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwambodze | 71 | 813 | / |
| Mwambutsa | 71 | 97 | / |
| Mwambushe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mwambusha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambosa | 63 | 149 | / |
| Mbambuse | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwambose | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbambushe | 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 Mwambuzi
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