Fwila Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Fwila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 384 | 1:137,869 | 12,737 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Fwila (32) may also be a first name.
Fwila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fwila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fwila occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fwila? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fwila is the 677,464th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. The surname Fwila is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fwila reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Fwila is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 32 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 384 people, or 1 in 137,869. In Tanzania it is most common in: Njombe Region, where 49 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 40 percent live and Iringa Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Egypt, where 0 percent live.
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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 Fwila
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