Mwazani Surname

360,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwazani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwazani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5751:29,7724,476
Kenya4291:107,6459,251
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwazani (4,110) may also be a first name.

Mwazani Last Name Facts

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

Mwazani is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwazani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 360,343rd most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,251,289 people. The last name Mwazani is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwazani reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwazani is also the 108,541st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,110 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Besides Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 43 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.

Mwazani Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mwazani last name is primarily Christian (71%) in Kenya.

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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
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  • 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 Mwazani
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