Mwigura Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Mwigura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 80 | 1:661,770 | 39,157 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwigura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwigura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwigura is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwigura? popularity and diffusion
Mwigura is the 2,075,631st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwigura live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 88 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, 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
- 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 Mwigura
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