Mwimo Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Mwimo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 123 | 1:430,420 | 30,093 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Mwimo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwimo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwimo is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwimo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname Mwimo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwimo reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 430,420. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 95 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Mwimo
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