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
The last name Mloya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mloya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mloya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mloya is the 1,374,607th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mloya are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania Mloya is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 57 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 42 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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