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 surname Mwinama is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwinama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwinama is the 303,968th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,844,062 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwinama reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 680 people, or 1 in 25,175. Beside Malawi this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 42 percent reside and Zambia, where 3 percent reside.
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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