Mwaz Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mwaz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwaz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3631:203,52520,281
Pakistan291:6,160,13436,715
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwaz (63) may also be a first name.

Mwaz Last Name Facts

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

Mwaz occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwaz? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 734,496th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. Mwaz is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mwaz are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 63 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 203,525. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwarz892/
Mwaxz891/
Mwatz891/
Mwaaz891/
Mbaz754,865/
Muaz752,909/
Mwas75134/
Mwaj7551/
Mwax757/
Mwac753/
Mwoz751/
Mvaz751/
Mwazowa731/
Mwase6725,948/
Muaaz67200/
Muadz67192/
Mwash67136/
Muazz6761/
Mbaaz6748/
Mwass6717/
Mwaxh675/
Muazh674/
Mwach673/
Mways672/
Mwace672/
Mhbaz671/
Mwais671/
Mua'z671/
Mwaci671/
Muatz671/

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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 Mwaz
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