Mwalekwa Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwalekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwalekwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659

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

The surname Mwalekwa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Mwalekwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalekwa? popularity and diffusion

Mwalekwa is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Mwalekwa occurs mostly 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 widely held given name globally. It is borne by 127 people.

The last name Mwalekwa is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,198,173. In Kenya Mwalekwa is most frequent in: Mombasa County, where 36 percent reside, Taita Taveta County, where 36 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Mwalekwa is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 39 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwelekwa88193/
Mwalikwa88153/
Mwalegwa882/
Mvolekwa751/
Muhalikwa7121/
Mwailogwa711/
Muhalakwa711/
Mbolekwea711/
Mbolekwo635/
Mbolekwe631/
Mualacua5016/
Mualeque504/
Mbalegue504/
Muolokwo501/
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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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