Mlalu Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mlalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mlalu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mlalu (11) may also be a first name.

Mlalu Last Name Facts

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

Mlalu (Hindi: म्ललू) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mlalu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlalu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Mlalu reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name in the world, held by 11 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania Mlalu is primarily found in: Geita Region, where 69 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent live and Indonesia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhlahlu8329/
Mhlalgu831/
Mhlaulu831/
Mlelu803/
Millaleu7720/
Mellalou7710/
Mhlahleu771/
Mleleu73259/
Mhlelu735/
Mlaloo731/
Mhlolu731/
Mellaluch711/
Mhlahloe621/
Millioğlu57165/
Mıhlıoğlu5732/
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Mlalu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mlalu in the Hindi language
म्ललूmlalu-

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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 Mlalu
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