Mwalai Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mwalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Mwalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwalai is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mwalai live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mwalai is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,198,173. In Kenya Mwalai is most frequent in: Makueni County, where 82 percent reside, Machakos County, where 9 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Iceland, where 8 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 Mwalai
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