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
Mlemwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlemwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 398,988th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,262,524 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlemwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name on earth, borne by 19 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 875 people, or 1 in 60,505. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 39 percent reside, Mara Region, where 22 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mlemwa
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