Mwakisalu Surname
Approximately 475 people bear this surname
Mwakisalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
Mwakisalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakisalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwakisalu is found most in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwakisalu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakisalu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 640,141st most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakisalu live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Barring Malawi this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 28 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
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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
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