Mlwanda Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Mlwanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 286 | 1:185,111 | 16,019 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Mlwanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlwanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mlwanda is found most in Tanzania. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mlwanda.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlwanda? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mlwanda is the 914,967th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Mlwanda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlwanda live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 286 people, or 1 in 185,111. In Tanzania Mlwanda is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 95 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mlwanda
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