Kwelelwa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kwelelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kwelelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwelelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwelelwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kwelelwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwelelwa? popularity and diffusion
Kwelelwa is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwelelwa are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Kwelelwa is most common in: Tabora Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 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
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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 Kwelelwa
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