Mwaalu Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Mwaalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 109 | 1:145,412 | 10,533 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwaalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwaalu is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mwaalu.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaalu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,746,159th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The surname Mwaalu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaalu reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mwaalu is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 145,412. In Zambia Mwaalu is most numerous in: Southern Province, where 73 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 25 percent live and Central Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwahalu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mwalu | 91 | 1,440 | / |
| Mwailu | 83 | 217 | / |
| Mbaalu | 83 | 85 | / |
| Mwalui | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mwaluy | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mwaliu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwaluu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwalau | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwalup | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwaleu | 83 | 1 | / |
| M'Walu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwaluis | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwalush | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwallau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwalyuu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwelu | 73 | 7,648 | / |
| Mbalu | 73 | 4,377 | / |
| Mualu | 73 | 425 | / |
| Mvalu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Mbaulu | 67 | 270 | / |
| Mbalau | 67 | 209 | / |
| Mbalou | 67 | 100 | / |
| M'Balu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Mbaleu | 67 | 32 | / |
| Mualiu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mbalhu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mualus | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mwuilu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mmbalu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hmwolu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbhalu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbailu | 67 | 2 | / |
| M'Valu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mualeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwoolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweluh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mualuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mballu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwaalu
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