Mzuwa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Mzuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mzuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mzuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mzuwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mzuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Mzuwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mzuwa are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Mzuwa is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 90 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 40 percent are found and Malawi, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Mzuwa
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