Mwalami Surname
Approximately 1,082 people bear this surname
Mwalami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,051 | 1:50,373 | 5,592 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwalami (1,593) may also be a first name.
Mwalami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwalami is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalami? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 339,783rd most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,735,255 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalami are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mwalami is also the 193,676th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 1,593 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,051 people, or 1 in 50,373. In Tanzania Mwalami is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 51 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 27 percent live and Pwani Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbalami | 86 | 201 | / |
| Mwalama | 86 | 44 | / |
| Mualami | 86 | 23 | / |
| Mwalame | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwailemi | 80 | 72 | / |
| Mbalamoi | 80 | 48 | / |
| Mwalamet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbalahami | 75 | 20 | / |
| Muhalamie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbalame | 71 | 2,830 | / |
| Mwelemi | 71 | 155 | / |
| Mualame | 71 | 130 | / |
| Mualama | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mvalama | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mwalome | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mualemi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwaloma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbalamy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbalomi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbolami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbaulame | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muelamai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwalomet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbailame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweleme | 57 | 62 | / |
| Muolama | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbolomi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mvoulamouyi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Muholomi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbouloumi | 50 | 481 | / |
| M'Voulama | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Mwalami
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