Mwasonya Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Mwasonya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 542 | 1:97,678 | 9,666 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Mwasonya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwasonya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwasonya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwasonya? popularity and diffusion
Mwasonya is the 577,768th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. Mwasonya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwasonya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 542 people, or 1 in 97,678. In Tanzania Mwasonya is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 87 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Iringa Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwasanya | 88 | 66 | / |
| Mwaasanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwashogna | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwashanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwachonya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwazanya | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mwasonge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwosanya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwasonje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwashanja | 71 | 59 | / |
| Mwashonge | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbashanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwasanje | 63 | 284 | / |
| Muosanya | 63 | 69 | / |
| Mwasanji | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwasange | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muasonge | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwachonje | 59 | 6 | / |
| Mwasanjje | 59 | 4 | / |
| Mwassanje | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mwashange | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwasonya
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