Mwatete Surname

496,112th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 665 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwatete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwatete Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5861:78,8057,317
Tanzania781:678,73939,598
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwatete (75) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwatete Demographics

Mwatete Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 9 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mwatete Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwatete Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mwatete occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mwatete.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwatete? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 496,112th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,958,716 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwatete live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most widely held first name globally It is held by 75 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 586 people, or 1 in 78,805. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kilifi County, where 48 percent are found, Kwale County, where 32 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 18 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 12 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Mwatete Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (89%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaitete93583/
Mwathethe88353/
Mwatate86141/
Mwateta86122/
Mwetete865/
Mwathethei821/
Mwatit771/
Mwatita712/
Mbatite712/
Mwatiti711/
Mwatitha674/
Mwathathi631/
Mbatit621/
Muatyot574/
Mbatiti571/
Muathoty531/
Muatatti531/
Mbahtiti531/
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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 Mwatete
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