Mwacheka Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Mwacheka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 119 | 1:133,193 | 9,870 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
Mwacheka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwacheka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwacheka is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwacheka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,612,213th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwacheka live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 133,193. In Zambia Mwacheka is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 98 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent are found. Other than Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwachaka | 88 | 182 | / |
| Mwachika | 88 | 89 | / |
| Mwasheka | 88 | 60 | / |
| Mwacheke | 88 | 9 | / |
| Mwazheka | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwechekha | 82 | 3 | / |
| Mwajeka | 80 | 495 | / |
| Mwaseka | 80 | 136 | / |
| Mwazeka | 80 | 96 | / |
| Mwakeka | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mwageka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwachikaya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwachikaha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwachiko | 75 | 328 | / |
| Mwashika | 75 | 34 | / |
| Mwechaka | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mwatseka | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mwasheko | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwakheke | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbacheki | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwachikoi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mwacheche | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mwasika | 67 | 338 | / |
| Mbazeka | 67 | 103 | / |
| Mwazika | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mwajeki | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mboutcheka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbacika | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbakeka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwakika | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwajeke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaqeka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaseko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mboceka | 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 Mwacheka
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