Mwachela Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Mwachela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 92 | 1:172,282 | 11,887 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Mwachela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwachela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwachela is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mwachela.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwachela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,839,022nd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachela live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 172,282. In Zambia Mwachela is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaichela | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mwashela | 88 | 1,443 | / |
| Mwachala | 88 | 994 | / |
| Mwachola | 88 | 5 | / |
| Mwachila | 88 | 3 | / |
| Mwachalla | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwazela | 80 | 207 | / |
| Mwasela | 80 | 186 | / |
| Mwakela | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mbacela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwashellah | 78 | 9 | / |
| Mwaisela | 75 | 1,253 | / |
| Mwachilo | 75 | 256 | / |
| Mwachili | 75 | 214 | / |
| Mwashila | 75 | 111 | / |
| Mwaikela | 75 | 76 | / |
| Mbochela | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mwachile | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mwachalo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbashela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbachila | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwaselah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muhashela | 71 | 41 | / |
| Mwaushila | 71 | 26 | / |
| Mwaichile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbasela | 67 | 2,872 | / |
| Mwakila | 67 | 2,097 | / |
| Mwazila | 67 | 110 | / |
| Mvakela | 67 | 50 | / |
| Mwasila | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mwogela | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mbazela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwajila | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mwagele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwakelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbajela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaxela | 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 Mwachela
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