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 surname Mwareya is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwareya? popularity and diffusion
Mwareya is the 847,909th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwareya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widespread forename in the world, held by 22 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 72,822. In Zimbabwe Mwareya is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 63 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 28 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 4 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 33 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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