Mwove Surname
Approximately 1,253 people bear this surname
Mwove Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,253 | 1:36,855 | 3,951 |
Mwove (538) may also be a first name.
Mwove Demographics
Mwove Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwove Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwove Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwove is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwove? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 302,831st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,816,078 people. Mwove occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwove are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 363,474th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 538 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,253 people, or 1 in 36,855. In Kenya Mwove is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 59 percent are found, Makueni County, where 21 percent are found and Machakos County, where 14 percent are found.
Mwove Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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 Mwove
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