Mwanisa Surname

406,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 861 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwanisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8581:53,8235,393
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwanisa Last Name Facts

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

Mwanisa is most common in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mwanisa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanisa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 406,613th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,464,049 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanisa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Mwanisa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 858 people, or 1 in 53,823. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 41 percent live, Kakamega County, where 14 percent live and Nairobi County, where 14 percent live. Not including Kenya Mwanisa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.

Mwanisa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) 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
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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 Mwanisa
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