Mwamia Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwamia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwamia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1281:413,60629,126
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mwamia Last Name Facts

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

Mwamia occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwamia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwamia is the 1,484,726th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamia live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwamia is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 86 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 7 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Tanzania Mwamia is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwamaiya861/
Mbamia8330/
Muamiah7715/
Mwamiho779/
Mouhamia711/
Mbamya6743/
Mbomia6721/
Mbeamya624/
Muhamea623/
Mbamyah621/
Mbahamya572/
Muhaamya571/
Mvom'eyia531/
Mbomio5010,957/
Mwemya505/
Mvamyo503/
Mwomya502/
Muameo501/
Mwomyo501/
Muomio501/
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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 Mwamia
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