Mwakalinga Surname
Approximately 16,956 people bear this surname
Mwakalinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 16,031 | 1:3,302 | 458 |
| Malawi | 889 | 1:19,257 | 3,006 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Mwakalinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakalinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwakalinga occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakalinga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 31,481st most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 429,792 people. Mwakalinga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakalinga are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwakalinga is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 16,031 people, or 1 in 3,302. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 47 percent live, Songwe Region, where 15 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mwakalinga
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