Mwilye Surname
Approximately 1,081 people bear this surname
Mwilye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 616 | 1:119,934 | 13,059 |
| Zambia | 465 | 1:34,086 | 3,446 |
Mwilye (45) may also be a first name.
Mwilye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwilye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwilye is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mwilye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwilye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwilye is the 340,053rd most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,741,486 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwilye are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mwilye is also the 1,504,468th most common first name on earth, borne by 45 people.
The last name Mwilye is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 616 people, or 1 in 119,934. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 43 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 Mwilye
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