Mwame Surname
Approximately 552 people bear this surname
Mwame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 186 | 1:85,215 | 7,135 |
| Tanzania | 174 | 1:304,262 | 23,403 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Mwame (69) may also be a first name.
Mwame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwame has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 571,325th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. Mwame is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwame are found; 41 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most numerous first name globally, borne by 69 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 85,215. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Northern Province, where 51 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent are found and Luapula Province, where 21 percent are found. Beside Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 32 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mmwame | 91 | 5 | / |
| Mwamge | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mwamje | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwameh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwaeme | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwamme | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwam | 89 | 89 | / |
| Mwajume | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwayume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwajeme | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mweyame | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwaimet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwami | 80 | 6,990 | / |
| Mweme | 80 | 697 | / |
| Mbame | 80 | 585 | / |
| Mwama | 80 | 385 | / |
| Mwime | 80 | 118 | / |
| Mwome | 80 | 15 | / |
| Mvame | 80 | 11 | / |
| Muame | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mwaim | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mwamy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwamhehe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Muamed | 73 | 2,112 | / |
| Mbaume | 73 | 369 | / |
| Mwaami | 73 | 314 | / |
| Mwamay | 73 | 55 | / |
| Mwaima | 73 | 30 | / |
| Muamet | 73 | 23 | / |
| Mweama | 73 | 21 | / |
| Mbamee | 73 | 18 | / |
| Muamer | 73 | 12 | / |
| Mwamgi | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mwamai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mwamui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mwauma | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mweeme | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mwamaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwamuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muameh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwamii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbaime | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Bame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbamey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbamme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwomeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwoume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaijm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwayuma | 67 | 47,103 | / |
| Mbam | 67 | 39,578 | / |
| Mwajuma | 67 | 9,156 | / |
| Muammed | 67 | 1,339 | / |
| Muam | 67 | 451 | / |
| Mwawema | 67 | 273 | / |
| Mwayama | 67 | 174 | / |
| Muammer | 67 | 53 | / |
| Mweyama | 67 | 37 | / |
| Mvam | 67 | 35 | / |
| Muameed | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mouhame | 67 | 29 | / |
| Mwajima | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mbajime | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mbaumeh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwajema | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwayima | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwayoma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muamedd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muhamea | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbayame | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvayeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwejeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwahama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwayami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbahame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbayeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwayimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muaamer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbuyame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muamhed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwamaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhaime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwajemi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhames | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muajime | 67 | 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
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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 Mwame
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