Mwalwe Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Mwalwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwalwe (22) may also be a first name.
Mwalwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwalwe occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwalwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwalwe is the 1,118,459th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name Mwalwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalwe are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mwalwe is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 22 people.
The surname Mwalwe is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 348,489. Beside The DR Congo it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mwalwe
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