Mloya Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Mloya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Mloya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mloya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mloya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mloya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mloya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,374,607th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mloya reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania Mloya is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 57 percent live, Pwani Region, where 42 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania Mloya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mloy | 89 | 9 | / |
| Mleya | 80 | 3,291 | / |
| Mloyi | 80 | 2,795 | / |
| Mluya | 80 | 146 | / |
| Mloja | 80 | 41 | / |
| Mlaya | 80 | 33 | / |
| Mliya | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mloyo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mloye | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mleoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mlloa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mlloy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Milloy | 73 | 1,570 | / |
| Melloy | 73 | 1,073 | / |
| Mlloja | 73 | 376 | / |
| Mlayah | 73 | 114 | / |
| Mhloyi | 73 | 66 | / |
| Mloyie | 73 | 12 | / |
| M'Liya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mluhya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mhleya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mhloyo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mlooja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mlohia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mlhaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mhlooa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mlleya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mlayas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mleyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mlay | 67 | 25,867 | / |
| Mlau | 67 | 647 | / |
| Mlai | 67 | 254 | / |
| Mlea | 67 | 204 | / |
| Mluy | 67 | 90 | / |
| Melliya | 67 | 88 | / |
| Mloi | 67 | 42 | / |
| Mley | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mlaa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mlaj | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mlae | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mloe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Milliya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muelloy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mlleeya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Milloja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Milleya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Millooa | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Hloyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mellioy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mlou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melloye | 67 | 0 | / |
| Milloys | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mloya
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