Muwelu Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Muwelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muwelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1651:320,85824,292
Zambia361:440,27620,880
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Muwelu Last Name Facts

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

Muwelu is found most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Muwelu.

How Common Is The Last Name Muwelu? popularity and diffusion

Muwelu is the 1,098,270th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. Muwelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muwelu reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Muwelu is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania Muwelu is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 99 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mouwelou861/
Mubelu83132/
Muwilu8327/
Muwalu833/
Muwolu833/
Muwaliu77104/
Mauwalu773/
Muhwalu772/
Muwailu771/
Muswilu771/
Moubelou711/
Mouvelou711/
Mubilu67189/
Muvilu671/
Muvalu671/
Miwilu671/
Mouvelouts631/
Muhuilu621/
Musuilu621/
Mouvalou575/
Moubilou572/
Mivilu50522/

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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 Muwelu
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