Mwaruma Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Mwaruma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwaruma (127) may also be a first name.
Mwaruma Demographics
Mwaruma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwaruma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaruma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwaruma is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwaruma.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaruma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,136,896th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaruma are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 127 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 228,613. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Taita Taveta County, where 93 percent live, Kwale County, where 4 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Mwaruma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (75%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbaruma | 86 | 10 | / |
| Mwarume | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mwarima | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbauruma | 80 | 60 | / |
| Muarumah | 80 | 8 | / |
| Mbarouma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muharumah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwarome | 71 | 1,236 | / |
| Mwarimo | 71 | 215 | / |
| Mvarume | 71 | 153 | / |
| Mbarume | 71 | 35 | / |
| Muaroma | 71 | 31 | / |
| Mwaromo | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mwerima | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muharoma | 67 | 30 | / |
| Muaromah | 67 | 23 | / |
| Muarimah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Muarromah | 63 | 6 | / |
| Muharroma | 63 | 4 | / |
| Muharommah | 59 | 3 | / |
| Mworomo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muherima | 53 | 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
- 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 Mwaruma
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis