Mwailima Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Mwailima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 378 | 1:140,057 | 12,881 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mwailima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwailima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwailima occurs most in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwailima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwailima is the 755,622nd most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. The last name Mwailima is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwailima reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 378 people, or 1 in 140,057. In Tanzania Mwailima is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 85 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Mwailima exists in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwilima | 93 | 2,747 | / |
| Mwalima | 93 | 165 | / |
| Mwillima | 88 | 9 | / |
| Mwaluma | 80 | 1,750 | / |
| Mbilima | 80 | 1,637 | / |
| Mwalimo | 80 | 946 | / |
| Mbalima | 80 | 34 | / |
| Mualima | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mwalimi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mwalema | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mwelima | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mbuilima | 75 | 172 | / |
| Mwailemi | 75 | 72 | / |
| Muallima | 75 | 2 | / |
| M'Balima | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwalumah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muaslimah | 71 | 9 | / |
| Muahlimah | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mualimaah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbalimo | 67 | 570 | / |
| Mbilimo | 67 | 117 | / |
| Muilema | 67 | 93 | / |
| Mwilemo | 67 | 82 | / |
| Mwelema | 67 | 64 | / |
| Mbalema | 67 | 13 | / |
| Muhallimah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mbilimi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mualimo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mualimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muilimi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwailima
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