Mwalenga Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwalenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwalenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Tanzania641:827,21343,161
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Mwalenga (12) may also be a first name.

Mwalenga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwalenga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mwalenga has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalenga? popularity and diffusion

Mwalenga is the 1,055,483rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. Mwalenga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalenga reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous given name in the world It is held by 12 people.

Mwalenga is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwailenga942/
Mwalenge8899/
Mwalinga8885/
Mbalenga8855/
Mualenga8834/
Mwalengo883/
Mwelenga881/
Mwalengi881/
Mwailenge82399/
Mwailinga82219/
Mwailengo82144/
Mwalingoa8234/
Mualnga801/
Mwahalinga782/
Mwalingo752,414/
Mbalinga751,107/
Mualenge7569/
Mbolenga756/
Mbalengo754/
Mbalenge754/
Mualengi751/
Mwailingo7110/
Mbolenge6348/
Mbalinge639/
Mbolinga632/
Mbalingo632/
Muolngo531/
Mbolingo509/

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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 Mwalenga
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