Mwenzwa Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwenzwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwenzwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1821:253,73617,193
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwenzwa (17) may also be a first name.

Mwenzwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwenzwa is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mwenzwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwenzwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,168,344th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name Mwenzwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwenzwa live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwenzwa is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 253,736. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 52 percent reside, Machakos County, where 46 percent reside and Embu County, where 1 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwenzva8695/
Mwenswa868/
Mwenzvah802/
Mwendjwa801/
Mwnswa771/
Mbinzwa7117/
Mbenswa711/
Mbindzwa671/
Mwemswaha634/
Mbinzwe574/
Muenzver531/
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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 Mwenzwa
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