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 surname Mwisha is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwisha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 139,035th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,265,324 people. This surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 376,889th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 505 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,935 people, or 1 in 25,172. Barring The DR Congo this last name exists 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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