Mwamu Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Mwamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 83 | 1:556,384 | 26,876 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwamu (13) may also be a first name.
Mwamu Demographics
Mwamu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwamu has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamu? popularity and diffusion
Mwamu is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamu reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 556,384. In Kenya Mwamu is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 84 percent are found, Migori County, where 11 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Mwamu is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Mwamu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwamu
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