Mbawule Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mbawule Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbawule Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mbawule Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbawule is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbawule? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,106,139th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Mbawule occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbawule are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mbawule is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Mbawule is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 81 percent reside, Western Cape, where 15 percent reside and Gauteng, where 3 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Mbawule Last Name Statistics demography

Mbawule earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.39% less than the national average, earning R 98,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbhawule931/
Mbawul9210/
Mbawula86611/
Mbawuli86350/
Mbawile86187/
Mbawole863/
Mbabule861/
Mbavule861/
Mbhawuli8051/
Mbhawula804/
Mbavile7168/
Mbavula7122/
Mbowole7111/
Mbewile714/
Nbawula711/
Mbabuli711/
Mbavole711/
Mbowolie675/
Mbabulyi671/
Mbouwoul671/
Mbowollie631/
Mbovula573/

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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 Mbawule
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