Mwasiwa Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwasiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mwasiwa 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
Kenya981:471,22324,622
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwasiwa Demographics

Mwasiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mwasiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwasiwa is most common in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwasiwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,860,621st most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwasiwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 471,223. In Kenya Mwasiwa is most numerous in: Kwale County, where 96 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 4 percent are found. Barring Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Mwasiwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mwasiwa surname is primarily Muslim (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
Mwashiwa934/
Mwaushiwa884/
Mwashihwa881/
Mwaziwa8617/
Mwasiwo869/
Mwasiba861/
Mwachiwa80132/
Mwatsiva802/
Mwadziwa801/
Mwatshiwe751/
Mwagiva7152/
Mwaseva715/
Mwaziwe714/
Mweziwa711/
Mwachiwe67108/
Mwaiseba6773/
Mwazhiba674/
Mbousiwa671/
Muhaciwa671/
Mwatsive671/
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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 Mwasiwa
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