Mukalama Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mukalama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mukalama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3311:139,51611,313
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mukalama (54) may also be a first name.

Mukalama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mukalama occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mukalama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mukalama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 796,486th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The last name Mukalama is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukalama are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mukalama is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 54 people.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 331 people, or 1 in 139,516. In Kenya Mukalama is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 74 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 23 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

Mukalama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) 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 Mukalama
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