Mwilawa Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Mwilawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Mwilawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwilawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwilawa is most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwilawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,710,039th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwilawa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 87 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 8 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Mwilawa is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Mwilawa
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