Mwawashe Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwawashe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwawashe 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
Kenya701:659,71329,380
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwawashe Demographics

Mwawashe Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mwawashe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwawashe is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwawashe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,255,512th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. Mwawashe is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwawashe reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwawashe is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 659,713. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 100 percent live. Other than Kenya Mwawashe occurs in one country. It is also found in Turkey, where 1 percent live.

Mwawashe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) 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
Mwawache881/
Mwawas861/
Mwawasi802,980/
Mwawasa802/
Mwawaze801/
Mwawasaa7510/
Mwaiwasa754/
Mbabashe752/
Mwawachi751/
Mwabaze6710/
Mouhawasse674/
Mwavasi674/
Mbhabhashe672/
Mbabase672/
Mbowase672/
Mwavese671/
Mwawosa671/
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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 Mwawashe
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