Mwareya Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Mwareya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 212 | 1:72,822 | 10,797 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwareya (22) may also be a first name.
Mwareya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwareya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwareya has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mwareya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwareya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 847,909th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. The last name Mwareya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwareya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwareya is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 72,822. In Zimbabwe Mwareya is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 63 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 28 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwarey | 92 | 49 | / |
| Mwarea | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwahareya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwaraya | 86 | 7 | / |
| Mwareja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwauraya | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mwarie | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mwarai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mwerea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwarye | 77 | 3 | / |
| Muarea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mbarea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Muarey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwareje | 71 | 95 | / |
| Mwarais | 71 | 51 | / |
| Mwaraye | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mweriya | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mbaruya | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mwarija | 71 | 12 | / |
| Mbareyo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Muaraya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mwaraji | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbaraya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwaurye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muariya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbariya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbairey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwauraa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwharaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muarreia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muaroyah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbaireyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaïreyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbarhaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhareja | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwareya
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