Mwanzah Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwanzah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanzah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwanzah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwanzah occurs most in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanzah? popularity and diffusion

Mwanzah is the 5,057,639th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Mwanzah are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwanzah is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Other than Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 13 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanza92201,747/
Mwaanza86461/
Mwanzau86353/
Mwanzay8634/
Mwanzaa866/
Mwandza865/
Mwanzai861/
Mmwanza861/
Muanzah861/
Mwainza861/
Muanza7762,616/
Mwanzo771,306/
Mvanza772/
Mwanca772/
Mwonza771/
Mbandza711,240/
Mwancha71313/
Muhanza7123/
Muandza711/
Mwancia711/
Mwanzei711/
Mwanzey711/
Muanzau711/

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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 Mwanzah
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