Mwasulama Surname
Approximately 716 people bear this surname
Mwasulama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 555 | 1:95,390 | 9,492 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
Mwasulama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwasulama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwasulama is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwasulama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwasulama is the 469,321st most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,178,137 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwasulama reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwasulama is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 555 people, or 1 in 95,390. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 46 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 22 percent live and Zambia, 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
- 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 Mwasulama
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