Mwashanda Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwashanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwashanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania511:1,038,07145,916
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mwashanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwashanda is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mwashanda.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwashanda? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,661,929th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. Mwashanda occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwashanda live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 1,038,071. In Tanzania Mwashanda is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwatshanda951/
Mwachanda899/
Mwashando891/
Mwasando826/
Muasanda824/
Mbasanda821/
Mwachande785,430/
Mwachandi7830/
Mwashonde784/
Mwachando784/
Mwachonda781/
Mwatshondo7427/
Mwaichande741/
Mwachondo67264/
Mwachonde672/
Mbashondo671/
Mbassandou631/

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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 Mwashanda
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