Mwatanda Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Mwatanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 59 | 1:897,315 | 44,154 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
Mwatanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwatanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwatanda is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwatanda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,491,356th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname Mwatanda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwatanda reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mwatanda is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 897,315. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 93 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found and Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Mwatanda
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