Mswelo Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Mswelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Tanzania | 190 | 1:278,640 | 21,876 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mswelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mswelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mswelo is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mswelo.
How Common Is The Last Name Mswelo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 497,847th most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mswelo are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mswelo is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Not including Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 29 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mswelo
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