Mwata Surname
Approximately 1,757 people bear this surname
Mwata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 691 | 1:106,917 | 11,858 |
| Zambia | 648 | 1:24,460 | 2,613 |
| Kenya | 333 | 1:138,678 | 11,272 |
| Namibia | 27 | 1:89,237 | 8,105 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mwata (245) may also be a first name.
Mwata Demographics
Mwata Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwata occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwata? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwata is the 230,318th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,147,721 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwata live; 39 percent live in Central Africa and 39 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 570,604th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 245 people.
Mwata is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 691 people, or 1 in 106,917. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 37 percent live and Kenya, where 19 percent live.
Mwata Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mwata last name is principally Christian (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 Mwata
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