Muzelenga Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Muzelenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 248 | 1:63,911 | 5,704 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Muzelenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muzelenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muzelenga is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Muzelenga.
How Common Is The Last Name Muzelenga? popularity and diffusion
Muzelenga is the 998,609th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Muzelenga live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Muzelenga is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 63,911. In Zambia Muzelenga is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 88 percent are found, Central Province, where 9 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muselenga | 89 | 4 | / |
| Muzelengi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mushelenga | 84 | 253 | / |
| Muchelenga | 84 | 218 | / |
| Muzelina | 82 | 10 | / |
| Mushellenga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moselenga | 78 | 75 | / |
| Mizelengo | 78 | 75 | / |
| Musalenga | 78 | 48 | / |
| Muselenge | 78 | 42 | / |
| Muzilinga | 78 | 41 | / |
| Mugelenge | 78 | 10 | / |
| Muselengo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Muchilenga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Museleno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mudzilina | 67 | 51 | / |
| Murzilina | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maucelina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mauzelino | 67 | 1 | / |
| Musilengi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mozzhelina | 63 | 58 | / |
| Mozzhelyna | 63 | 3 | / |
| Mozilina | 59 | 7 | / |
| Mucelino | 59 | 2 | / |
| Mozelino | 59 | 1 | / |
| Muselino | 59 | 1 | / |
| Musilingi | 56 | 3 | / |
| Muscelino | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mozzhilina | 53 | 45 | / |
| Mouselinos | 53 | 17 | / |
| Mozzhylyna | 53 | 11 | / |
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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 Muzelenga
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