Mwigwa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Mwigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Mwigwa (10) may also be a first name.
Mwigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwigwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mwigwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwigwa? popularity and diffusion
Mwigwa is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Mwigwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwigwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mwigwa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. In Tanzania Mwigwa is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 50 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweigwa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Mwaigwa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mweisgwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mwikwa | 83 | 184 | / |
| Mvigwa | 83 | 43 | / |
| Mwigwe | 83 | 21 | / |
| Muigwa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Mwigwi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwegwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mbaigwa | 77 | 1,233 | / |
| Mwaigwe | 77 | 8 | / |
| Mwesgwa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mwaikwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwaingwe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Muhighwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwainkwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwekwa | 67 | 1,934 | / |
| Mvugwa | 67 | 211 | / |
| Mwaikwaja | 67 | 182 | / |
| Muigua | 67 | 167 | / |
| Mwikwe | 67 | 62 | / |
| Mwegwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mvikwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Muikwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwigbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muigwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvigwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwikwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbigua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaikwaya | 67 | 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 Mwigwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis