Mungwele Surname

546,987th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mungwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mungwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4241:174,24417,772
Zambia1461:108,5618,496
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Mungwele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mungwele is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mungwele? popularity and diffusion

Mungwele is the 546,987th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,457,343 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mungwele live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Mungwele is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 174,244. Aside from The DR Congo Mungwele occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 25 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Mungwele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mungw'ele9413/
Mung'wele941/
Mungwe'le941/
Mungwela88180/
Mongwele88154/
Munguele8834/
Mungbele8821/
Mungwale885/
Mungweli881/
Mounguele82730/
Munghwela821/
Mung'weli821/
Mungwali7557/
Mungwila7550/
Mumguele751/
Mongweli751/
Moungueli7120/
Musenkwile672/
Mounkouele671/
Mongwehela671/
Mounguili5975/
Mongwilai595/
Munguahali561/

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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 Mungwele
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