Mwikia Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwikia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwikia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya751:615,73228,396
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwikia Demographics

Mwikia Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mwikia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwikia is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwikia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,185,341st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Mwikia is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwikia reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya it is most common in: Meru County, where 96 percent live, Kajiado County, where 1 percent live and Makueni County, where 1 percent live.

Mwikia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Mwaikia921/
Mwikya833,977/
Muikia83493/
Mwekia831/
Muikiah771/
Mwekea6721/
Muekia6714/
Mwekya679/
Mwikyo676/
Mvekia671/
Mbeikya62514/
Muikeao625/
Muhikya623/
Mvukija621/
Mbikyo502/
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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 Mwikia
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