Mwamwenda Surname
Approximately 1,170 people bear this surname
Mwamwenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,025 | 1:51,650 | 5,730 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mwamwenda (91) may also be a first name.
Mwamwenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamwenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwamwenda occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamwenda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 319,593rd most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,228,672 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamwenda live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 91 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,025 people, or 1 in 51,650. In Tanzania Mwamwenda is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 51 percent are found, Songwe Region, where 29 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Mwamwenda is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 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
- 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 Mwamwenda
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