Mwaze Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Mwaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 718 | 1:22,075 | 2,400 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwaze (12) may also be a first name.
Mwaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwaze occurs most in Zambia. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 451,630th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaze reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwaze is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 718 people, or 1 in 22,075. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 75 percent reside, Central Province, where 12 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Mwaze exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mwaze
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