Mwanisawa Surname
Approximately 6,663 people bear this surname
Mwanisawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6,661 | 1:7,948 | 1,038 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Mwanisawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanisawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwanisawa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanisawa? popularity and diffusion
Mwanisawa is the 73,845th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,093,733 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanisawa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 6,661 people, or 1 in 7,948. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 90 percent live, Katavi Region, where 4 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 0 percent live and Poland, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mwanisawa
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