Mlawi Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Mlawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 200 | 1:264,708 | 21,070 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Mlawi (37) may also be a first name.
Mlawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mlawi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mlawi is the 1,070,546th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Mlawi reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 37 people.
The surname Mlawi is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 264,708. In Tanzania Mlawi is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 62 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 24 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 10 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mlyawi | 91 | 32 | / |
| Mhlawi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mellawi | 83 | 77 | / |
| Mlawith | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mhlawui | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mlawa | 80 | 16,171 | / |
| Mlavi | 80 | 388 | / |
| Mlewi | 80 | 236 | / |
| Mlabi | 80 | 18 | / |
| Mlawe | 80 | 10 | / |
| M'Laiwih | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mhlabi | 73 | 120 | / |
| Mlawer | 73 | 34 | / |
| Mlaway | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mhlawy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mlabai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mhlawa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mléwih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mlaibi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mhlawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Millabi | 67 | 62 | / |
| Mlaouhi | 67 | 31 | / |
| Mellawa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Mleiwih | 67 | 21 | / |
| M'Lewih | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mellabi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mlawaya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mhlabai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mhlajwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mleywih | 67 | 2 | / |
| Millawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Léwih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mloshwi | 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 Mlawi
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