Milawu Surname
Approximately 554 people bear this surname
Milawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 547 | 1:135,063 | 14,394 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Milawu (18) may also be a first name.
Milawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Milawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Milawu is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Milawu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Milawu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 569,728th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. The last name Milawu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Milawu live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Milawu is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 547 people, or 1 in 135,063. Barring The DR Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailawu | 92 | 111 | / |
| Mulawu | 83 | 472 | / |
| Milabu | 83 | 142 | / |
| Melawu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Milavu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Milewu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muilewu | 77 | 27 | / |
| Mailabu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mailavu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moilovau | 71 | 20 | / |
| Milavaud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mailobau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mulavu | 67 | 523 | / |
| Melabu | 67 | 129 | / |
| Mulewu | 67 | 69 | / |
| Milobu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Mulowu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Melewu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Melavu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milevu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mulaavu | 62 | 22 | / |
| Muelewu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Meelabu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Melabou | 62 | 3 | / |
| Mealabu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mulevu | 50 | 549 | / |
| Mulovu | 50 | 183 | / |
| Melovu | 50 | 58 | / |
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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 Milawu
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