Mwalyego Surname
Approximately 2,786 people bear this surname
Mwalyego Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,750 | 1:19,251 | 2,450 |
| Zambia | 29 | 1:546,549 | 23,344 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwalyego (49) may also be a first name.
Mwalyego Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalyego Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwalyego is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalyego? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 157,049th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,615,774 people. Mwalyego is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalyego live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwalyego is also the 1,430,306th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 49 people.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,750 people, or 1 in 19,251. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 64 percent reside, Songwe Region, where 22 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent reside and Malawi, where 0 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
- 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 Mwalyego
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