Mbalwe Surname
Approximately 1,226 people bear this surname
Mbalwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 783 | 1:67,614 | 7,129 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Zambia | 49 | 1:323,468 | 17,649 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbalwe (22) may also be a first name.
Mbalwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbalwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbalwe is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mbalwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbalwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 307,971st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,944,165 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbalwe reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 22 people.
The last name Mbalwe is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 783 people, or 1 in 67,614. In Tanzania Mbalwe is most common in: Songwe Region, where 61 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 38 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Mbalwe is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 30 percent reside and Zambia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Mbalwe
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