Mswelo Surname

497,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mswelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mswelo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4711:36,3465,352
Tanzania1901:278,64021,876
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mswelo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mswelo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mswelo is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mswelo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mswelo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 497,847th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,008,378 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mswelo live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Mswelo is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 29 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mshwelo922/
Mswela83170/
Mcwelo8329/
Mswalo8310/
Mcwela6710/
Mswila676/
Mswala675/
Mxwilo671/
Mjwela671/
Mxwila5078/
Mzwala504/
Mjuilo501/
McVela500/
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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 Mswelo
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