Mgelwa Surname
Approximately 1,429 people bear this surname
Mgelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,421 | 1:37,257 | 4,307 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mgelwa (17) may also be a first name.
Mgelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mgelwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgelwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 272,373rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,099,752 people. Mgelwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgelwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mgelwa is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 17 people.
Mgelwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,421 people, or 1 in 37,257. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 61 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 9 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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 Mgelwa
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