Muchelemba Surname

458,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 737 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muchelemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Muchelemba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7321:21,6532,366
England31:18,572,686338,250
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Muchelemba Last Name Facts

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

Muchelemba is found most frequently in Zambia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muchelemba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 458,583rd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,888,122 people. The surname Muchelemba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muchelemba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Muchelemba is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 21,653. In Zambia Muchelemba is most frequent 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

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muchilemba902/
Muchelembe902/
Mukelemba841/
Muchilimba801/
Muselembo7425/
Mokelemba748/
Moselemba741/
Mutshilimba671/
Mokelembo63280/
Mokilimba5321/

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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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