Mwalimo Surname

377,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 946 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwalimo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwalimo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8871:52,0635,257
Tanzania551:962,57544,906
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwalimo (142) may also be a first name.

Mwalimo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwalimo has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mwalimo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalimo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwalimo is the 377,677th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,703,537 people. Mwalimo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalimo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 775,413th most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 142 people.

The last name Mwalimo is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 887 people, or 1 in 52,063. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 54 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 24 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

Mwalimo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbalimo86570/
Mwalima86165/
Mualimo862/
Mwailima80379/
Mwaleamos751/
Mwaluma711,750/
Mbolimo7191/
Mbalima7134/
Mualima7119/
Mwalema713/
Mwelima712/
Mwelemo711/
Muallima672/
M'Balima672/
Mwalumah671/
Muaslimah639/
Muahlimah638/
Mualimaah631/
Muhallimah5910/
Mbolima5750/
Mbalema5713/
Mboulemo534/
M'Ballema501/

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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 Mwalimo
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