Mwizagi Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwizagi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwizagi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1711:309,60023,673
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwizagi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwizagi is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwizagi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,305,105th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwizagi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 309,600. In Tanzania Mwizagi is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 96 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 2 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwisagi864/
Mwisangi80164/
Mwizagye8039/
Mwizange801/
Mwaisangi751/
Mwissangi751/
Mwijage714,516/
Mwisasi711/
Muisangi67166/
Mwijagye6745/
Mwaisaga674/
Mwaijage673/
Mwishaza671/
Mwisagye671/
Mwezagye671/
Muisagie671/
Mwishange631/
Mwisiachi631/
Muisaza57123/
Mwisoze574/
Mwisege574/
Muizaza571/
Mwejage571/
Muisange53405/
Mwiseghe5364/
Mwesange539/
Mwejjage531/
Mwishoge531/
Muishaji531/
Mwaiseghe50195/

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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 Mwizagi
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