Mwaruka Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Mwaruka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 308 | 1:171,888 | 15,065 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwaruka (19) may also be a first name.
Mwaruka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaruka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwaruka occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mwaruka.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaruka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 860,770th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name Mwaruka occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwaruka reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 19 people.
Mwaruka is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 171,888. In Tanzania Mwaruka is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 67 percent live, Pwani Region, where 26 percent live and Arusha Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwarauka | 93 | 10 | / |
| Mwairuka | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mweruka | 86 | 742 | / |
| Mwarika | 86 | 367 | / |
| Mwaruko | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mwaruki | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muaruka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mmweruka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwariko | 71 | 184 | / |
| Mveruka | 71 | 15 | / |
| Muarika | 71 | 12 | / |
| Mwaroko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muheruka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaroukou | 63 | 9 | / |
| Muharrika | 63 | 5 | / |
| Muarikhah | 63 | 3 | / |
| Muharrikah | 59 | 14 | / |
| Muarica | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mworoki | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbaruque | 53 | 224 | / |
| Muerikah | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Mwaruka
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