Mwashya Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Mwashya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 76 | 1:208,552 | 13,419 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Mwashya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwashya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwashya is found most in Zambia. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Mwashya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwashya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwashya live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mwashya is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 208,552. In Zambia Mwashya is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 75 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 25 percent are found. Beside Zambia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwasya | 92 | 2,589 | / |
| Mwashia | 86 | 21 | / |
| Mbashya | 86 | 16 | / |
| Mweshya | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwasiha | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwoshya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwaijsya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muasya | 77 | 14,008 | / |
| Mwesya | 77 | 482 | / |
| Mwosya | 77 | 114 | / |
| Mbasya | 77 | 69 | / |
| Mwasia | 77 | 36 | / |
| Mwachia | 71 | 1,966 | / |
| Mbashia | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mwatsia | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mweshia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muatshia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbasyaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwachuhia | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mbosya | 62 | 48 | / |
| Mbasia | 62 | 35 | / |
| Mvasia | 62 | 22 | / |
| Mwozya | 62 | 9 | / |
| Muasia | 62 | 4 | / |
| Muosya | 62 | 2 | / |
| Mwazja | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mwosyo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbasyo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mwacheo | 57 | 118 | / |
| Mbousya | 57 | 40 | / |
| Muhacya | 57 | 6 | / |
| Mbassia | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mboshia | 57 | 2 | / |
| Muachia | 57 | 2 | / |
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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
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- 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 Mwashya
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