Mwashumbe Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwashumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwashumbe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5881:78,5377,300
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwashumbe (89) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwashumbe Demographics

Mwashumbe Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 8 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Mwashumbe Last Name Facts

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

Mwashumbe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mwashumbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwashumbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 542,751st most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name Mwashumbe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwashumbe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 89 people.

It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 588 people, or 1 in 78,537. In Kenya Mwashumbe is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 58 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 28 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 14 percent reside. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.

Mwashumbe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwasumbe941/
Mwaisumbe89392/
Mwashumba892/
Mweshumbe892/
Mwasumbi824,425/
Mwasumba825/
Mwesumbe822/
Mwashimbi7875/
Mwaisumbi7865/
Mwaisombe781/
Mwaisumba781/
Mweshumbi781/
Mwasomba7114/
Mbohzoumbe631/
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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 Mwashumbe
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