Mwanjewe Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwanjewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanjewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3281:140,79211,399
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwanjewe Last Name Facts

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

Mwanjewe is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanjewe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 837,371st most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. The last name Mwanjewe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanjewe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 140,792. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 98 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found and West Pokot County, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Mwanjewe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mwanjewe surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanyewe88105/
Mwanjewa882/
Mwanzewe881/
Mwenyewe75304/
Mwansebe754/
Mwanjiwa753/
Mbanjiwe752/
Mwanyewa751/
Mbanzewe751/
Mwangebe751/
Muhanyewe711/
Mwanziwa63128/
Mwanziwi634/
Mwanyiwa631/
Mwenyewa631/
Mwanyibe631/
Mwanziva505/
Muanngiw501/
Mwanzivi501/

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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 Mwanjewe
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