Mwarusha Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwarusha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwarusha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania711:745,65741,495
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419

Mwarusha Last Name Facts

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

Mwarusha occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwarusha? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Mwarusha occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwarusha are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mwarusha is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 745,657. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 77 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 13 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwarusa932/
Mbarusha88316/
Mwarucha882/
Mwaerusa881/
Mwarisa803/
Mbarusa803/
Mbarushe754/
Mbarushi752/
Mbarousa751/
Mwaurisa751/
Mwarautsi711/
Muerusa671/
Muharisa633/
Mbharuza632/
Mbarusso631/

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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 Mwarusha
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