Mwimbwa Surname
Approximately 1,981 people bear this surname
Mwimbwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,001 | 1:52,889 | 5,830 |
| DR Congo | 869 | 1:85,017 | 9,735 |
| Zambia | 108 | 1:146,759 | 10,610 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwimbwa (95) may also be a first name.
Mwimbwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwimbwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwimbwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwimbwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 208,751st most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,678,721 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwimbwa live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwimbwa is also the 974,243rd most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 95 people.
The surname Mwimbwa is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,001 people, or 1 in 52,889. In Tanzania Mwimbwa is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 59 percent reside, Singida Region, where 23 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Mwimbwa exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 44 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwimbwe | 86 | 67 | / |
| Mwembwa | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mwinbwa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwimbwi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwimbua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muimbwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mweembwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwembwe | 71 | 245 | / |
| Muimbwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mwempwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mvumbwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbimbwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwembwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mweempwa | 67 | 277 | / |
| Mweembwe | 67 | 63 | / |
| Mhwembwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwemvua | 57 | 22 | / |
| Mbimbui | 57 | 8 | / |
| Mwempwe | 57 | 5 | / |
| Mwembui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mwembue | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muembwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbembwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mweempwe | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Mwimbwa
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