Mvulu Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mvulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mvulu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4581:161,30916,675
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Mvulu (13) may also be a first name.

Mvulu Last Name Facts

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

Mvulu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mvulu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 640,141st most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mvulu are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.

The last name Mvulu is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 161,309. Other than The DR Congo it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mvuilu9175/
M'Vulu9121/
Mvoulou8336/
Mbulu8032,483/
Mvilu8041/
Nvulu8010/
Mwulu804/
Mvolu801/
Mbuilu732,114/
Mbaulu73270/
Mmbulu73132/
Mbullu7396/
Nmbulu7311/
Mbhulu7310/
Mbului736/
Mbuluh735/
Mwuilu734/
Muholu733/
M'Bulu732/
Mbulhu731/
Mbuylu731/
Mbulau731/
Mboulou673,053/
M'Builu6721/
Mbouleu6710/
M'Mbulu679/
Mimpulu671/
Mbuluhe671/
Mbeuleu671/

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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 Mvulu
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