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
The last name Mwisha is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwisha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 139,035th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,265,324 people. The last name Mwisha is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwisha are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mwisha is also the 376,889th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 505 people.
The last name Mwisha is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,935 people, or 1 in 25,172. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Mwisha
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