Mlowe Surname

24,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mlowe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania21,8731:2,420325
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mlowe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mlowe is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlowe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 24,434th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 329,321 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlowe live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 21,873 people, or 1 in 2,420. In Tanzania Mlowe is most common in: Njombe Region, where 44 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 14 percent live and Iringa Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Mlowe is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
M'Lowe911/
Mloe895/
Mellowe8311/
Mlove80280/
Mlobe8015/
Mlawe8010/
Mloje809/
Mlewe804/
Mluwe803/
Mloye803/
Mloey802/
Mellow732,506/
Millow73234/
Mlojwa7388/
Mlawer7334/
Mloyie7312/
Melloe733/
Mhlobe732/
Mlloje731/
Mloiwa731/
Milloe731/
Mhlawe731/
Mlyowa731/
Mlei67520/
Mlea67204/
Mloi6742/
Millobe6734/
Mlee6729/
Mley6722/
Mleu6712/
Mloy679/
Mlae675/
Mlaw675/
Mlue672/
Mlovets672/
Mellobe672/
Mloshwi671/
Mellowy671/
Mmillow671/
Mlaoueh671/
Milliow671/
Mhlouwa671/
Mlou671/
Melloye670/

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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 Mlowe
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