Muswala Surname

396,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 888 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muswala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muswala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia5181:30,5983,141
DR Congo3151:234,53822,701
Uganda541:722,95035,796
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Muswala (67) may also be a first name.

Muswala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muswala occurs most in Zambia. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muswala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 396,862nd most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,206,696 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muswala live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Muswala is also the 1,191,548th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 67 people.

Muswala is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 518 people, or 1 in 30,598. In Zambia Muswala is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 44 percent live, North-Western Province, where 26 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent live. Other than Zambia Muswala is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mushwala9366/
Muswaila934/
Muswaala931/
Muswaula931/
Muswalo86341/
Muswela86238/
Miswala8680/
Moswala8653/
Musuala8635/
Muswale8624/
Muswali8621/
Muswalj861/
Muswaili80230/
Muswaile8072/
Musweela8030/
Musbaila806/
Mushwalo802/
Muchwala802/
Miswalla801/
Muswaule801/
Mussuala801/
Moswaila801/
Mosweala801/
Mushwaule75321/
Muswailli751/
Mausualau751/
Moswalo71295/
Misuala71163/
Mosuala7134/
Miswalo7122/
Musuali7121/
Musuela7121/
Musbali717/
Musuale714/
Moswale713/
Muswelo713/
Miswela713/
Muzuala711/
Musbally6756/
Moswaile6738/
Muchwale6721/
Mussuale6717/
Missuala672/
Mussuela671/
Mussualo671/
Mussuali671/
Musbalhi671/
Mousbale671/
Musvaleh671/

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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 Muswala
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