Mwamwimbe Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwamwimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwamwimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1091:485,70332,780
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwamwimbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwamwimbe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwamwimbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,746,159th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamwimbe live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mwamwimbe is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 485,703. In Tanzania Mwamwimbe is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 71 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 29 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Mwamwimbe
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