Mwihu Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwihu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwihu 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
Kenya751:615,73228,396
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091

Mwihu Last Name Facts

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

Mwihu is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwihu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwihu is the 2,091,648th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwihu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mwihu is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Mwihu is mostly concentrated in: Nyeri County, where 89 percent live, Lamu County, where 5 percent live and Embu County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent live.

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
Mwiu8923/
Mwehu8014,020/
Mbihu8042/
Muihu805/
Mwiue801/
Mbiheu731/
Mwwehu731/
Mbhihu731/
Mbihou731/
Mbiu671,485/
Muiu6799/
Mwyu674/
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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 Mwihu
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