Mwimwa Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Mwimwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwimwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwimwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwimwa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwimwa? popularity and diffusion
Mwimwa is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwimwa reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Mwimwa is primarily concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 90 percent live and Mombasa County, where 10 percent live. Not including Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Mwimwa
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