Mwaala Surname
Approximately 1,597 people bear this surname
Mwaala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 895 | 1:17,709 | 1,984 |
| Namibia | 695 | 1:3,467 | 606 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwaala (105) may also be a first name.
Mwaala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwaala is most common in Zambia. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 248,726th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,563,272 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaala live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwaala is also the 920,134th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 105 people.
The surname Mwaala is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 895 people, or 1 in 17,709. In Zambia Mwaala is most frequent in: Southern Province, where 48 percent live, Central Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 44 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mwaala
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