Mwikwa Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Mwikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 172 | 1:307,800 | 23,568 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mwikwa (23) may also be a first name.
Mwikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwikwa occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mwikwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwikwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwikwa is the 1,252,959th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name Mwikwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwikwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name globally, held by 23 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 307,800. In Tanzania Mwikwa is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 49 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 44 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaikwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwainkwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwekwa | 83 | 1,934 | / |
| Mwikwe | 83 | 62 | / |
| Mvikwa | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mwigwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Muikwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwikwi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwaikwaja | 80 | 182 | / |
| Mwaikwaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mweigwa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mwaigwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mweisgwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbikwaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muikwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mvigwa | 67 | 43 | / |
| Mwigwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Muigwa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Mbikwi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mvekwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mwigwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwekwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwegwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvukwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvikwe | 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 Mwikwa
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