Mkalawa Surname
Approximately 3,882 people bear this surname
Mkalawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,873 | 1:13,669 | 1,767 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
Mkalawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkalawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkalawa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mkalawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkalawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 118,437th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,877,266 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkalawa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,873 people, or 1 in 13,669. In Tanzania Mkalawa is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 34 percent live, Njombe Region, where 33 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mkalawa
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