Mwamwaja Surname
Approximately 2,307 people bear this surname
Mwamwaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,301 | 1:23,008 | 2,836 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwamwaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamwaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwamwaja is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamwaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 183,996th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,158,884 people. Mwamwaja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamwaja live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwamwaja is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,301 people, or 1 in 23,008. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 60 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mwamwaja
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