Muchelemba Surname
Approximately 737 people bear this surname
Muchelemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 732 | 1:21,653 | 2,366 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muchelemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchelemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muchelemba occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchelemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Muchelemba is the 458,583rd most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,888,122 people. The last name Muchelemba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muchelemba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 21,653. In Zambia Muchelemba is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 74 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 13 percent are found and Central Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muchilemba | 90 | 2 | / |
| Muchelembe | 90 | 2 | / |
| Mukelemba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Muchilimba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muselembo | 74 | 25 | / |
| Mokelemba | 74 | 8 | / |
| Moselemba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mutshilimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokelembo | 63 | 280 | / |
| Mokilimba | 53 | 21 | / |
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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 Muchelemba
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