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
The last name Mwanjelwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mwanjelwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwanjelwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwanjelwa is the 1,785,358th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwanjelwa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 509,054. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Mwanjelwa
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