Mwawaka Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Mwawaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 105 | 1:439,809 | 23,523 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwawaka (105) may also be a first name.
Mwawaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwawaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwawaka occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwawaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwawaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Mwawaka is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwawaka live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most common first name worldwide It is held by 105 people.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 439,809. In Kenya it is most common in: Taita Taveta County, where 97 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 1 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Besides Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mwawaka
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