Mwanzemo Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwanzemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanzemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1551:341,55925,363
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567

Mwanzemo Last Name Facts

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

Mwanzemo is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanzemo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwanzemo is the 1,173,425th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name Mwanzemo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanzemo reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 341,559. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 97 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanzema884/
Mwanzimo881/
Mwanjemo881/
Mwangema7584/
Mwanjema759/
Mbanzema754/
Mwanzama754/
Mbangemo751/
Mwanzima751/
Mwandzoma711/
Mwamsema63264/
Mwangima63211/
Mbangimo63109/
Mwamgema6377/
Mwamjema634/
Mbanzima633/
Mwansama633/
Muanzama632/
Mbonzema631/
Muonzimo631/
Mbonzima5034/
Muansama504/
Muangima501/

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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 Mwanzemo
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