Mwasimba Surname

294,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwasimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwasimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,2761:41,4904,737
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwasimba (12) may also be a first name.

Mwasimba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwasimba occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwasimba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwasimba is the 294,812th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,631,797 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwasimba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwasimba is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 12 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,276 people, or 1 in 41,490. In Tanzania Mwasimba is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 56 percent live, Songwe Region, where 19 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Mwasimba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mwasimba surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Mwasimba
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