Mwatu Surname
Approximately 1,764 people bear this surname
Mwatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,690 | 1:27,325 | 3,050 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwatu (580) may also be a first name.
Mwatu Demographics
Mwatu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwatu is most common in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwatu? popularity and diffusion
Mwatu is the 229,623rd most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,131,262 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwatu reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 347,677th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 580 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,690 people, or 1 in 27,325. In Kenya Mwatu is mostly found in: Machakos County, where 50 percent live, Makueni County, where 16 percent live and Nairobi County, where 14 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Mwatu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mwatu surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwathu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mwatau | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwattu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mbatu | 80 | 2,138 | / |
| Mwetu | 80 | 789 | / |
| Muatu | 80 | 47 | / |
| Mwotu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbathu | 73 | 409 | / |
| Mbatou | 73 | 45 | / |
| Mwethu | 73 | 35 | / |
| Mbateu | 73 | 29 | / |
| Muathu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Mbatui | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mbatau | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mbautu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mvatou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mbattu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Muattu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwatoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbatheu | 67 | 19 | / |
| M'Batou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbathou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbhathu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbatteu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbateuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbahatu | 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 Mwatu
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