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
The surname Mswelo is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mswelo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 497,847th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. The surname Mswelo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mswelo reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Mswelo is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Barring Malawi Mswelo occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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
- 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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