Mwamsa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mwamsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwamsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwamsa is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Mwamsa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamsa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Mwamsa reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwamsa is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,264,275. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent are found, Luapula Province, where 29 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Zambia Mwamsa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwamsha | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mwansa | 83 | 77,730 | / |
| Mwamza | 83 | 116 | / |
| Mbamsa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwamca | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwansha | 77 | 500 | / |
| Mwainsa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwamzia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwansia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwansah | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mwaansa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Muamsah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbamsai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mweemsa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwasinja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwanza | 67 | 201,747 | / |
| Mwanja | 67 | 15,686 | / |
| Muansa | 67 | 209 | / |
| Mbansa | 67 | 193 | / |
| Mwanso | 67 | 92 | / |
| Mbamsi | 67 | 79 | / |
| Muamza | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mwamgi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mbamza | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mwamge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbamso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mwanca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwamzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwamje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbamse | 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 Mwamsa
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