Mwose Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Mwose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 195 | 1:236,820 | 16,541 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mwose Demographics
Mwose Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwose is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwose? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,095,216th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwose are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mwose is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 236,820. In Kenya Mwose is mostly concentrated in: Machakos County, where 73 percent reside, Makueni County, where 17 percent reside and Embu County, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Mwose Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwoshe | 91 | 7 | / |
| Mwos | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mwase | 80 | 25,948 | / |
| Mwese | 80 | 642 | / |
| Mbose | 80 | 428 | / |
| Mwosi | 80 | 188 | / |
| Mwosa | 80 | 45 | / |
| Mwoge | 80 | 22 | / |
| Mwuse | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mwoce | 80 | 11 | / |
| Mwosh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muose | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwuese | 73 | 559 | / |
| Mweshe | 73 | 297 | / |
| Mboshe | 73 | 214 | / |
| Mwoshi | 73 | 106 | / |
| Muoser | 73 | 78 | / |
| Mwesse | 73 | 47 | / |
| Mwashe | 73 | 44 | / |
| Mbosse | 73 | 42 | / |
| Mwaase | 73 | 28 | / |
| Mbosei | 73 | 27 | / |
| Mwasse | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mwasie | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mwoche | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mwoisa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Muhose | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mwuase | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mwasee | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mwosha | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mwuise | 73 | 5 | / |
| Muoshe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mboise | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mwoosi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mbhose | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwesea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mboose | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muoses | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwosyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwesie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwoges | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwasea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaese | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mvoshe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbouse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbosie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mboseh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwusee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaseh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwashee | 67 | 217 | / |
| Mwas | 67 | 134 | / |
| Muos | 67 | 128 | / |
| Mbos | 67 | 27 | / |
| Muhosse | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mbousse | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mvos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaasse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbousie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwohcet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwoz | 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
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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 Mwose
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