Mwanamisi Surname

378,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 944 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwanamisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanamisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9261:49,8705,084
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mwanamisi (13,993) may also be a first name.

Mwanamisi Last Name Facts

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

Mwanamisi occurs most in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mwanamisi.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanamisi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 378,348th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,719,858 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanamisi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwanamisi is also the 48,632nd most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 13,993 people.

The last name Mwanamisi is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 926 people, or 1 in 49,870. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kwale County, where 58 percent reside, Tana River County, where 39 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Mwanamisi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mwanamisi last name is chiefly Muslim (71%) 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 Mwanamisi
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