Mwashao Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Mwashao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 149 | 1:309,932 | 19,396 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Mwashao (10) may also be a first name.
Mwashao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwashao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwashao is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwashao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwashao is the 1,434,893rd most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwashao are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common forename on earth, borne by 10 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 309,932. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 54 percent reside and Taita Taveta County, where 46 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mwashao
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