Mwasokwa Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Mwasokwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Tanzania | 67 | 1:790,173 | 42,439 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Mwasokwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwasokwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwasokwa is found most in Malawi. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwasokwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwasokwa is the 942,947th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname Mwasokwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwasokwa live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Not including Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 24 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwashekwa | 82 | 17 | / |
| Mwaisekwa | 82 | 10 | / |
| Mwasongwa | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mwaisongwa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwashaukwa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mbasogwa | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mwasongwe | 71 | 3,595 | / |
| Mbashukwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mwashegwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mwachukwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbosoukwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwasong'we | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mwasheghwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwachakwe | 59 | 76 | / |
| Mwasaghua | 59 | 5 | / |
| Mbosakwe | 50 | 13 | / |
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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 Mwasokwa
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