Mchawala Surname

912,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mchawala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mchawala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2801:164,92812,778
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358

Mchawala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mchawala is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mchawala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 912,827th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchawala live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 164,928. In Kenya Mchawala is most numerous in: Tana River County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Mchawala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (75%) in Kenya.

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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 Mchawala
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