Mbwelo Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Mbwelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 52 | 1:1,018,108 | 45,504 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mbwelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbwelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbwelo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbwelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mbwelo is the 1,918,812th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbwelo live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 1,018,108. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbwello | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mbwilo | 83 | 16,536 | / |
| Mbwela | 83 | 1,024 | / |
| Mbwolo | 83 | 90 | / |
| Mbwalo | 83 | 51 | / |
| Mbuelo | 83 | 23 | / |
| Mbwillo | 77 | 491 | / |
| Mbwella | 77 | 13 | / |
| Mmbwela | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mbwiloh | 77 | 3 | / |
| M'Bwela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbweila | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbwellah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbwilloh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbuela | 67 | 2,766 | / |
| Mbwala | 67 | 1,052 | / |
| Mbwila | 67 | 881 | / |
| Mpwela | 67 | 36 | / |
| Mfwilo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mvwela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfwela | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Mbwella | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mbwelo
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