Mwandira Surname
Approximately 17,981 people bear this surname
Mwandira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 17,410 | 1:983 | 79 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 191 | 1:80,828 | 11,815 |
| Zambia | 61 | 1:259,835 | 15,508 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Mwandira (10) may also be a first name.
Mwandira Demographics
Average Mwandira Salary in
South Africa
R 28,764
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mwandira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwandira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwandira is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwandira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwandira is the 29,763rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 405,291 people. The last name Mwandira is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwandira are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.
Mwandira is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 17,410 people, or 1 in 983. Without taking into account Malawi Mwandira is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 2 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Mwandira Last Name Statistics demography
Mwandira earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.9% less than the national average, earning R 28,764 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwandiera | 94 | 8 | / |
| Mwaandira | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mwandura | 88 | 255 | / |
| Mwandire | 88 | 243 | / |
| Mwandera | 88 | 14 | / |
| Mwandiro | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mbandira | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mwandiri | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwandurah | 82 | 11 | / |
| Mwandairo | 82 | 3 | / |
| Mwasindire | 78 | 2 | / |
| Muandura | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbandiro | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwandere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbandera | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwachindiri | 74 | 94 | / |
| Mwangyire | 71 | 3 | / |
| Muhandura | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbondera | 63 | 163 | / |
| Muhondera | 59 | 4 | / |
| Mwongyire | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mbonderi | 50 | 3 | / |
| Mbondere | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbondero | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwandira
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