Mwasikanda Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwasikanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwasikanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1781:297,42523,042
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Mwasikanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwasikanda is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwasikanda? popularity and diffusion

Mwasikanda is the 1,263,456th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name Mwasikanda is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwasikanda are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 297,425. In Tanzania Mwasikanda is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 63 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 36 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Mwasikanda
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