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 most common in Tanzania. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanakulya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwanakulya is the 185,616th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,192,092 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanakulya live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,214 people, or 1 in 23,912. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 65 percent are found, Katavi Region, where 25 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Mwanakulya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 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
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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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