Mwito Surname
Approximately 869 people bear this surname
Mwito Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 298 | 1:154,966 | 12,283 |
| Tanzania | 289 | 1:183,189 | 15,886 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Mwito (134) may also be a first name.
Mwito Demographics
Mwito Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwito Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwito Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwito is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwito? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 403,615th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,386,129 people. The last name Mwito occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwito live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwito is also the 800,975th most widely held forename globally It is held by 134 people.
The last name Mwito is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 154,966. In Kenya Mwito is most frequent in: Meru County, where 97 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found and Kilifi County, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent are found and Malawi, where 15 percent are found.
Mwito Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwito surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaito | 91 | 5 | / |
| Mwitho | 91 | 3 | / |
| Mweito | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwitoh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwita | 80 | 128,223 | / |
| Mbito | 80 | 1,135 | / |
| Mweto | 80 | 130 | / |
| Muito | 80 | 120 | / |
| Mvito | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaita | 73 | 2,586 | / |
| Mwitha | 73 | 1,485 | / |
| Mwitah | 73 | 57 | / |
| Muitho | 73 | 36 | / |
| Mbaito | 73 | 31 | / |
| Mwitta | 73 | 22 | / |
| Mbuito | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mbitto | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mwoita | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mbeito | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mweita | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mbitoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwitas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwuita | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbitho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mboito | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muitoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbitoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwitaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwittah | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mwetoha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwaitha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwito
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