Mwanakulya Surname
Approximately 2,283 people bear this surname
Mwanakulya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,214 | 1:23,912 | 2,946 |
| Zambia | 69 | 1:229,709 | 14,265 |
Mwanakulya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanakulya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwanakulya is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanakulya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 185,616th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,192,092 people. Mwanakulya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanakulya are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,214 people, or 1 in 23,912. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 65 percent reside, Katavi Region, where 25 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, 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 Mwanakulya
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