Mwithirwa Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwithirwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwithirwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1401:329,85620,127
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551

Mwithirwa (63) may also be a first name.

Mwithirwa Last Name Facts

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

Mwithirwa is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwithirwa? popularity and diffusion

Mwithirwa is the 1,415,499th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwithirwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 63 people.

It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 329,856. In Kenya Mwithirwa is most common in: Meru County, where 93 percent are found, Laikipia County, where 3 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 3 percent are found. Besides Kenya it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

Mwithirwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mwithirwa last name is predominantly 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 Mwithirwa
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