Mlemwa Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Mlemwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 875 | 1:60,505 | 6,490 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mlemwa (19) may also be a first name.
Mlemwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlemwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mlemwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlemwa? popularity and diffusion
Mlemwa is the 398,988th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlemwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mlemwa is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 19 people.
Mlemwa is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 875 people, or 1 in 60,505. In Tanzania Mlemwa is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 39 percent live, Mara Region, where 22 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Mlemwa
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