Mwinama Surname
Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname
Mwinama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 680 | 1:25,175 | 3,828 |
| Tanzania | 520 | 1:101,811 | 9,968 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwinama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwinama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwinama is most common in Malawi. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwinama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 303,968th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 5,844,062 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwinama live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Mwinama is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Apart from Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 42 percent live and Zambia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwinami | 86 | 3,005 | / |
| Mwinamo | 86 | 463 | / |
| Mwiname | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mbinama | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muinamah | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mwainoma | 80 | 13 | / |
| Mwengama | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muinasmaa | 75 | 14 | / |
| Muinami | 71 | 164 | / |
| Mbenama | 71 | 62 | / |
| Muinamo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mwenema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbenaima | 67 | 137 | / |
| Mbinamou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwengami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muinamiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbinameh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbainamou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbainaimou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Muenami | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbinoume | 53 | 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 Mwinama
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