Mwawaka Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwawaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwawaka 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
Kenya1051:439,80923,523
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

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 is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwawaka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,775,494th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwawaka are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mwawaka is also the 920,134th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 105 people.

Mwawaka is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 439,809. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 97 percent live, Kiambu County, where 1 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

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
Mwavaka86138/
Mwawoka8621/
Mwawako864/
Mwaweka861/
Muawaka861/
Mwaboka7169/
Muavaka7131/
Muawoka7127/
Mbawaki714/
Mwaveka712/
Mwaibako67489/
Mbawauke671/
Mwawachi671/
Mwawache671/
Mbabaakaa631/
Mbowako5714/
Muaboka574/
Mwaboki574/
Muawoke571/
Mbabaiki531/
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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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