Mowala Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Mowala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Indonesia | 108 | 1:1,224,530 | 86,214 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mowala (20) may also be a first name.
Mowala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mowala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mowala (Arabic: مووالي) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mowala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 935,326th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. Mowala is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Mowala live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mowala is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 470,571. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mowala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mowala in the Arabic language | ||
| مووالي | mwwaly | - |
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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 Mowala
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