Mkwili Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Mkwili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Mkwili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkwili Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkwili is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkwili? popularity and diffusion
Mkwili is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. Mkwili is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkwili reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mkwili is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 630,257. In Tanzania Mkwili is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 89 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkhwili | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mgwili | 83 | 815 | / |
| Mkwila | 83 | 292 | / |
| Mkweli | 83 | 256 | / |
| Mkwile | 83 | 176 | / |
| Mqwili | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mkwily | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mkwaila | 77 | 2,276 | / |
| Mkhweli | 77 | 468 | / |
| Mkwelie | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mngwili | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mncwili | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mhkweli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mnkweli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkuhili | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkhwile | 77 | 1 | / |
| McWeilis | 71 | 1 | / |
| McWillei | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mkwele | 67 | 780 | / |
| Mkwela | 67 | 622 | / |
| Mgwila | 67 | 72 | / |
| Mgbili | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mkuile | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mkuila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mqwila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mguili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgweli | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mkwili
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis