Mwaluga Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwaluga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwaluga 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
Tanzania1321:401,07328,352
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Mwaluga Last Name Facts

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

Mwaluga is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwaluga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,544,715th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaluga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 401,073. In Tanzania Mwaluga is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

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
Mwalugha93928/
Mwailunga88753/
Mwalugaja88573/
Mwaliga86106/
Mwalugo8690/
Mbaluga867/
Mwaluge864/
Mwalugho80234/
Mbaaluga807/
Mualunga805/
Mwalunge802/
Mwalughi801/
Mwailigha751/
Mbalughi6711/
Mwaligho672/
Mwaliego671/
Mwailoge671/
Mwailogho63119/
Mboulugou501/
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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 Mwaluga
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