Mwanjelwa Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Mwanjelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 104 | 1:509,054 | 33,766 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwanjelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwanjelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwanjelwa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanjelwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwanjelwa is the 1,785,358th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwanjelwa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwanjelwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 509,054. In Tanzania Mwanjelwa is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwangelwa | 89 | 256 | / |
| Mwanjilwa | 89 | 51 | / |
| Mwenjelwa | 89 | 10 | / |
| Mwanzilwa | 78 | 788 | / |
| Mwangilwa | 78 | 502 | / |
| Mvanyelwa | 78 | 24 | / |
| Mvenjelwa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Muhonjelwa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Muhonjyelwa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Muongelwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwangilua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mvonyelwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbonyelwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhangilwa | 63 | 4 | / |
| Muhongelwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbanzilua | 56 | 1 | / |
| Muangilua | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwanjelwa
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