Mwitaba Surname

474,683rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwitaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwitaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4241:174,24417,772
Zambia2761:57,4275,247
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwitaba (49) may also be a first name.

Mwitaba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwitaba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mwitaba is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwitaba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwitaba is the 474,683rd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 10,336,945 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwitaba live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 49 people.

It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 174,244. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 39 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muitaba8662/
Mwitabe8648/
Mwitabo864/
Mwetaba861/
Mwiteba861/
Muittaba8025/
Muitabhai751/
Muittabah751/
Muitabe7134/
Mbetaba7113/
Mweteba717/
Mwetabe715/
Mbaitabe6715/
Mwetaabe671/
Mweetabe671/
Muajtaba671/
Mwaitobe671/
Mvithoba671/
Mbaitouba631/
Mbitoube531/

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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 Mwitaba
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