Mwazighe Surname
Approximately 1,492 people bear this surname
Mwazighe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,486 | 1:31,077 | 3,396 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwazighe (658) may also be a first name.
Mwazighe Demographics
Mwazighe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwazighe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwazighe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwazighe is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwazighe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 262,755th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,884,414 people. The surname Mwazighe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwazighe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 323,699th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 658 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,486 people, or 1 in 31,077. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 65 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 14 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Mwazighe is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
Mwazighe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (96%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwazige | 93 | 3 | / |
| Mwasighe | 88 | 55 | / |
| Mwaiseghe | 82 | 195 | / |
| Mwasige | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mwazigi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwasigha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwesighe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwazigui | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwasigye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwaisige | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwasyoghe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mwashighi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwashinge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwesige | 67 | 25,815 | / |
| Mwasege | 67 | 557 | / |
| Mwasigi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwagigi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwasyoge | 63 | 674 | / |
| Mwashiga | 63 | 105 | / |
| Mwaisiga | 63 | 39 | / |
| Mwesigge | 63 | 7 | / |
| Mwashega | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mweesige | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mweisige | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwausegha | 59 | 1,752 | / |
| Mwashegha | 59 | 87 | / |
| M'Bashige | 59 | 27 | / |
| Mweisigye | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mbeizeghe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mwatshenge | 56 | 4 | / |
| Mwasega | 53 | 95 | / |
| Mbasege | 53 | 12 | / |
| Mwesege | 53 | 3 | / |
| Mwesigy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbaseege | 50 | 15 | / |
| Mweisiga | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mvozigui | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwazighe
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