Mwisha Surname
Approximately 3,217 people bear this surname
Mwisha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,935 | 1:25,172 | 3,170 |
| Zambia | 256 | 1:61,914 | 5,578 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Mwisha (505) may also be a first name.
Mwisha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwisha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwisha has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwisha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 139,035th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,265,324 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwisha live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mwisha is also the 376,889th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 505 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,935 people, or 1 in 25,172. Not including The DR Congo this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 8 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 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 Mwisha
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