Mlelwa Surname
Approximately 24,401 people bear this surname
Mlelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 24,361 | 1:2,173 | 284 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Mlelwa (39) may also be a first name.
Mlelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mlelwa is most common in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mlelwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlelwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 22,283rd most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 298,658 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlelwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name worldwide, held by 39 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 24,361 people, or 1 in 2,173. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 34 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 21 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Mlelwa is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mlelwa
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