Mwatenga Surname
Approximately 619 people bear this surname
Mwatenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 310 | 1:148,967 | 11,865 |
| Zimbabwe | 214 | 1:72,141 | 10,697 |
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwatenga (16) may also be a first name.
Mwatenga Demographics
Mwatenga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwatenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwatenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwatenga occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwatenga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwatenga is the 524,446th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,773,095 people. The surname Mwatenga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwatenga live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 16 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 310 people, or 1 in 148,967. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 99 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya Mwatenga is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 35 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.
Mwatenga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Mwatenga earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 213.45% more than the national average, earning R 744,876 per year.
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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 Mwatenga
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