Mwapwele Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Mwapwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mwapwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwapwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwapwele is found most in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwapwele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,369,340th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname Mwapwele is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwapwele reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania Mwapwele is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 60 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 37 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania Mwapwele occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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
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