Mwabili Surname

174,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwabili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwabili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,4191:19,0902,236
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwabili (407) may also be a first name.

Mwabili Last Name Facts

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

Mwabili is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwabili? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 174,925th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,973,295 people. The last name Mwabili is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwabili reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mwabili is also the 427,366th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 407 people.

The surname Mwabili is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,419 people, or 1 in 19,090. In Kenya Mwabili is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 69 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 20 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 6 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Mwabili Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mwabili surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwabilai931/
Mwaboiloi8821/
Mwabila861,068/
Mwabile8667/
Mwebili861/
Mbabili861/
Mwabiele8021/
Mwaibila809/
Mwampili802/
Mwabilay801/
Muabila711,173/
Mwabela71175/
Muabile71144/
Mbabile712/
Mwabele711/
Mwaibela671/
Muabilay671/
Muhabila671/
Mwaibele671/
Mbaybheli631/
Mbaubaile631/
Mwebele57120/
Mbavile5768/
Muebeli576/
Mbabele573/
Mvabela571/
Muhavile534/
Muhabela531/
Mwampele531/

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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 Mwabili
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