Mwalekwa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Mwalekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
Mwalekwa (127) may also be a first name.
Mwalekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwalekwa occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalekwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalekwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 825,494th most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 127 people.
The surname Mwalekwa is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,198,173. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Mombasa County, where 36 percent reside, Taita Taveta County, where 36 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 9 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 39 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 Mwalekwa
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