Mwase Surname
Approximately 25,948 people bear this surname
Mwase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 17,331 | 1:988 | 81 |
| Uganda | 5,512 | 1:7,083 | 1,239 |
| Zambia | 1,258 | 1:12,599 | 1,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 683 | 1:22,604 | 3,404 |
| Tanzania | 411 | 1:128,812 | 12,091 |
| South Africa | 355 | 1:152,613 | 17,281 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Mwase (903) may also be a first name.
Mwase Demographics
Average Mwase Salary in
United States
$42,140 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mwase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwase Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwase is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mwase.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwase? popularity and diffusion
It is the 21,018th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 280,852 people. The surname Mwase is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwase are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 270,077th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 903 people.
The surname Mwase is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 17,331 people, or 1 in 988. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent are found and Zambia, where 5 percent are found.
Mwase Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Mwase surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Mwase earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.08% more than the national average, earning R 337,644 per year and in United States they earn 2.34% less than the national average, earning $42,140 USD per year.
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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 Mwase
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