Mwankotwa Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Mwankotwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 399 | 1:132,686 | 12,381 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwankotwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwankotwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwankotwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mwankotwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwankotwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwankotwa is the 726,304th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwankotwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Mwankotwa is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 399 people, or 1 in 132,686. In Tanzania Mwankotwa is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 93 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 2 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mwankotwa
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