Mwalume Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Mwalume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 65 | 1:600,604 | 31,967 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwalume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwalume occurs most in Uganda. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalume? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,220,661st most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Mwalume occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalume are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 600,604. In Uganda Mwalume is most common in: Budaka District, where 45 percent reside, Butaleja District, where 22 percent reside and Mbale District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Mwalume
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