Mwalemba Surname
Approximately 897 people bear this surname
Mwalemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 838 | 1:63,176 | 6,734 |
| Zambia | 45 | 1:352,220 | 18,524 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mwalemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwalemba is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mwalemba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 393,872nd most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,124,354 people. The surname Mwalemba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalemba are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 838 people, or 1 in 63,176. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 72 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 14 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaluemba | 94 | 77 | / |
| Mwalembe | 88 | 5,246 | / |
| Mwalamba | 88 | 192 | / |
| Mwalomba | 88 | 95 | / |
| Mwalimba | 88 | 21 | / |
| Mwalembo | 88 | 5 | / |
| Mualemba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwailamba | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mweluemba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mualuemba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwalombo | 75 | 76 | / |
| Mualamba | 75 | 62 | / |
| Mbolemba | 75 | 34 | / |
| Mbalembi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mwalambo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwalimbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbalembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mualembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwelamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwaulambo | 71 | 2,984 | / |
| Mwalyombo | 71 | 56 | / |
| Mualuembe | 71 | 34 | / |
| Mwaluimbi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Muhelemba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Muhalimba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muhalamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwailimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwaulimbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mweliamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mualombo | 63 | 34 | / |
| Mbolembe | 63 | 21 | / |
| Mualimbi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mualuimbi | 59 | 34 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mwalemba
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