Mkolesia Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Mkolesia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkolesia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkolesia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkolesia is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkolesia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,214,709th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mkolesia live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mkolesia is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Besides Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkolesa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mkolesha | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mkoleshya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mkolisa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mkholisa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mkuleza | 67 | 158 | / |
| Mkulisa | 67 | 37 | / |
| Mkoliso | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mkuliza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mqolisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkalisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkhulisa | 63 | 342 | / |
| Mkohliso | 63 | 6 | / |
| Mkholiso | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mkhuliza | 63 | 1 | / |
| McAleesa | 63 | 1 | / |
| McAlessa | 63 | 0 | / |
| Mkhohliso | 59 | 258 | / |
| Mhkhohliso | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mgqaleso | 50 | 10 | / |
| McCalisa | 50 | 1 | / |
| McAlesey | 50 | 0 | / |
| McKalsey | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Mkolesia
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