Mwilinga Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwilinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwilinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwilinga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwilinga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mwilinga has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwilinga? popularity and diffusion

Mwilinga is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Mwilinga live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,761,102. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 56 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 44 percent live. Barring Zambia Mwilinga exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwailinga94219/
Mwilnga932/
Mwilenga886,276/
Mbilinga881,029/
Mwilinge8814/
Mwilingi889/
Mwilingo881/
Mwailingo8210/
Mwailenga822/
Mwlenga801/
Mbilingi75763/
Mbilingo7542/
Mbilenga752/
Mbilinge752/
Mwelenga751/
Mwilenge751/
Mwailenge71399/
Mbiling'i71219/
Mwailengo71144/
Mviliongo711/
Mbelenga633,526/
Mbilengo6312/
Mwelenge639/
Muilengi634/
Mbilenge632/
Muehlinghaus608/
Mouelenga5910/
Mbeleenga594/
Mbelenge502,173/
Mbelengi50131/
Mbelengo5097/
Mvelengi504/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mwilinga
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