Mwamvani Surname

448,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 760 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwamvani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwamvani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwamvani (86) may also be a first name.

Mwamvani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwamvani occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mwamvani.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwamvani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 448,102nd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,588,876 people. The last name Mwamvani occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamvani live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 86 people.

This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwamwani881/
Mwambanyi821/
Mbomvani754/
Mwambane754/
Mwamwane751/
Muhambani7113/
M'Vambani714/
Mwamwongi713/
Mbhambhani672/
Mbambane63524/
Mwambone6378/
Mvambani6368/
Muambane635/
Mbomvane634/
Mbomwani631/
Mboumbani5956/
Mbhombani591/
Mbambaine591/
Mbammbaane561/
Mbombane503/
Muomuoni501/

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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 Mwamvani
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