Mluwa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mluwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mluwa Demographics
Mluwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mluwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mluwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mluwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mluwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mluwa are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Mluwa is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 44 percent live, Tabora Region, where 44 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 17 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
Mluwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mluwa surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mlujwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mhlouwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mliwa | 80 | 631 | / |
| Mluba | 80 | 80 | / |
| Mluwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mhliwa | 73 | 30 | / |
| Mlubay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mlubah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Melliwa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mluvaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mllubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milloway | 62 | 210 | / |
| Melloway | 62 | 74 | / |
| Millubai | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mlowe | 60 | 22,129 | / |
| Mlowo | 60 | 100 | / |
| Mlubi | 60 | 35 | / |
| Mliva | 60 | 7 | / |
| Mlube | 60 | 6 | / |
| Mlubo | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mhlubi | 55 | 20 | / |
| Mhlube | 55 | 7 | / |
| Mmlube | 55 | 1 | / |
| M'Lowe | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mellouwood | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mellowe | 50 | 11 | / |
| Melliva | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mellowy | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mluwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis