Mwelele Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Mwelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 130 | 1:407,243 | 28,711 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mwelele (19) may also be a first name.
Mwelele Demographics
Mwelele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwelele occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwelele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,272,314th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwelele reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname Mwelele is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 407,243. In Tanzania Mwelele is most common in: Tabora Region, where 96 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Mwelele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbelele | 86 | 1,580 | / |
| Mwelela | 86 | 1,118 | / |
| Mweleli | 86 | 95 | / |
| Mwalele | 86 | 88 | / |
| Mvelele | 86 | 48 | / |
| Muelele | 86 | 21 | / |
| Mwelile | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mwolele | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mwailele | 80 | 9 | / |
| Mbhelele | 80 | 3 | / |
| M'Velele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwileli | 71 | 382 | / |
| Muelela | 71 | 116 | / |
| Mveleli | 71 | 95 | / |
| Mbeleli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbelile | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mvilele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbilele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwilela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muhelela | 67 | 14 | / |
| M'Beleil | 67 | 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 Mwelele
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