Mwisa Surname
Approximately 4,012 people bear this surname
Mwisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,757 | 1:9,021 | 1,060 |
| DR Congo | 1,361 | 1:54,283 | 6,540 |
| Tanzania | 575 | 1:92,072 | 9,213 |
| Kenya | 290 | 1:159,241 | 12,530 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mwisa (369) may also be a first name.
Mwisa Demographics
Mwisa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwisa is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwisa is the 115,136th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,816,437 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwisa live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwisa is also the 452,461st most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 369 people.
The last name Mwisa is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,757 people, or 1 in 9,021. In Zambia Mwisa is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 49 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Tanzania, where 14 percent live.
Mwisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwisa last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwisa
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