Mwaruwa Surname
Approximately 2,743 people bear this surname
Mwaruwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,726 | 1:16,941 | 2,027 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwaruwa (960) may also be a first name.
Mwaruwa Demographics
Mwaruwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwaruwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaruwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwaruwa is most common in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaruwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwaruwa is the 159,112th most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,656,779 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaruwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 260,392nd most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 960 people.
The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 2,726 people, or 1 in 16,941. In Kenya Mwaruwa is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 68 percent reside, Kilifi County, where 21 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 11 percent reside. Barring Kenya Mwaruwa is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Mwaruwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwaruwa surname is principally Christian (56%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwaruwa
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