Mwaza Surname
Approximately 837 people bear this surname
Mwaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Zambia | 128 | 1:123,828 | 9,362 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Mwaza (228) may also be a first name.
Mwaza Demographics
Average Mwaza Salary in
South Africa
R 522,576
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mwaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwaza is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 415,769th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,706,745 people. The surname Mwaza is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaza reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwaza is also the 594,918th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 228 people.
The last name is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Zambia, where 15 percent are found.
Mwaza Last Name Statistics demography
Mwaza earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 119.9% more than the national average, earning R 522,576 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
- 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 Mwaza
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