Mwoo Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mwoo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwoo occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mwoo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwoo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwoo live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Mwoo is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Mwoo is primarily found in: Benue, where 55 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 45 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Mwoo occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwo8647/
Mboo752,242/
Mwou75121/
Mwoi7514/
Mvoo7511/
Mwos754/
Mwho752/
Mwoy752/
Mwoe751/
Hmwo751/
Mwwo751/
Mwoz751/
Mwot751/
Mwoj751/
Mmwo751/
Mwoh751/
Mouho67676/
Mvooh673/
Mmwou673/
Mwohe672/
Mwohp671/
Mwosh671/
Mwuoy671/

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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 Mwoo
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