Mwatembo Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Mwatembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 190 | 1:243,052 | 16,770 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mwatembo Demographics
Mwatembo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwatembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwatembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwatembo is most common in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwatembo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwatembo is the 1,181,191st most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwatembo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 243,052. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kwale County, where 99 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found and Taita Taveta County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Kenya Mwatembo is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Mwatembo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (75%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaitembo | 94 | 79 | / |
| Mwasembo | 88 | 128 | / |
| Mwatemba | 88 | 9 | / |
| Mwatimbo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwatambo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwambo | 86 | 2,758 | / |
| M'Batembo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwambuo | 80 | 94 | / |
| Mwamboa | 80 | 15 | / |
| Mwaambo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mwamboi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwanmbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mmwambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwambos | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwatamba | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mwatimba | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mwetemba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwamba | 71 | 369,694 | / |
| Mbambo | 71 | 40,019 | / |
| Mwaisemba | 71 | 1,548 | / |
| Mvambo | 71 | 815 | / |
| Muambo | 71 | 338 | / |
| Mwombo | 71 | 96 | / |
| Mwathimba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mwanbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muasehmbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwaamba | 67 | 408 | / |
| Mbambou | 67 | 94 | / |
| Mwaimba | 67 | 69 | / |
| Mbhambo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mwaumba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mwambaa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwammba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muotmbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwamb'a | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbaimbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbamboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwanmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvambot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muambot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwomboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwambau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaymba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwambeu | 67 | 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 Mwatembo
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