Mwelevu Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mwelevu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwelevu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwelevu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwelevu is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwelevu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Mwelevu is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mwelevu live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mwelevu is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Mwelevu is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 67 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 17 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 17 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Mwelevu
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