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 is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaze? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwaze is the 451,630th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 9,690,886 people. The surname Mwaze occurs mostly 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 numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name Mwaze is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 718 people, or 1 in 22,075. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 75 percent are found, Central Province, where 12 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Zambia Mwaze exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mwaze
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