Mwashe Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Mwashe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 27 | 1:587,034 | 24,185 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwashe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwashe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwashe is found most frequently in Zambia. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwashe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Mwashe is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Mwashe live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 587,034. In Zambia Mwashe is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 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 Mwashe
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