Milawi Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Milawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Milawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2811:188,40416,240
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Milawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Milawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Milawi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Milawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 917,199th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Milawi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 188,404. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 98 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 0 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Milawi exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Miliawi921/
Mailawi921/
Mailawie861/
Milabi83117/
Milavi8393/
Milawa8391/
Melawi8385/
Mulawi8312/
Milawe837/
Milowi832/
Milewi831/
Milawy831/
Mailawe77617/
Mailawa77173/
Mailavi7732/
Muliawi7726/
Milowiz7714/
Milabai779/
Mulyawi777/
Milaibe775/
Milavio774/
Milaway772/
Mulawai771/
Milobai771/
Muulawi771/
Melhawi771/
Milaibi771/
Melawie771/
Mitlhavi7124/
Milabhai7119/
Milavich7113/
Mailaawe711/
Milowich711/
Mailaawa711/
Mullawai711/
Mithlavi711/
Milyaiva711/
Milyaevi711/
Mailaiva711/
Mailabhai672,812/
Milowe67388/
Mulavi67295/
Melabi67105/
Milevi6735/
Milobi6721/
Melawa6720/
Moilahavi6719/
Milabe6715/
Milovi6713/
Milave6713/
Milava6710/
Melewi679/
Mulawe673/
Melavi673/
Melawe672/
Mulewi672/
Milyavich671/
Mileiwihe671/
Mailouwai671/
Milewe671/
Mulowi671/
Melowi671/
Mulawy671/

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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 Milawi
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