Mwalewa Surname

273,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwalewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwalewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,4121:32,7053,570
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwalewa (331) may also be a first name.

Mwalewa Last Name Facts

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

Mwalewa is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalewa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 273,120th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,117,659 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalewa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mwalewa is also the 481,336th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 331 people.

The surname Mwalewa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,412 people, or 1 in 32,705. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kwale County, where 63 percent live, Kilifi County, where 21 percent live and Mombasa County, where 15 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Mwalewa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mwalewa surname is primarily Christian (72%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaleiwa934/
Mwaliwa86694/
Mwalawa86109/
Mwaleba8675/
Mvalewa862/
Mwelewa861/
Mwalyawa80172/
Mwalyowa802/
Mwalujwa801/
Mmwalawa801/
Mwaliawa801/
Mbaleba7185/
Mwalibe7113/
Mwaliba715/
Mwalava712/
Muelewa711/
Mweleva711/
Mwaliwi711/
Mwaliwe711/
Mwalebo711/
Mbaleeba6719/
Muhaleva6715/
Mwaliswe671/
Mwailebo671/
Mwalyawo671/
Mwalujua671/
Mualieva671/

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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 Mwalewa
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