Mwaura Surname
Approximately 78,260 people bear this surname
Mwaura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 77,146 | 1:599 | 84 |
| United States | 434 | 1:835,159 | 63,868 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 116 | 1:78,985 | 7,143 |
| England | 92 | 1:605,631 | 36,119 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Iceland | 11 | 1:34,554 | 2,447 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Mwaura (20,390) may also be a first name.
Mwaura Demographics
Mwaura Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwaura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwaura is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,246th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 93,120 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwaura live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 37,259th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 20,390 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 77,146 people, or 1 in 599. In Kenya Mwaura is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 29 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 15 percent are found and Muranga County, where 14 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found.
Mwaura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwaura surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Mwaura are 40.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mwaura earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $44,180 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.57% less than the national average, earning $43,438 CAD 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
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- 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 Mwaura
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