Mwasanu Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Mwasanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 377 | 1:140,429 | 12,917 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwasanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwasanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwasanu occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwasanu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwasanu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 757,040th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. The surname Mwasanu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwasanu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwasanu is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 377 people, or 1 in 140,429. In Tanzania Mwasanu is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 82 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mwasanu
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