Mwachilele Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwachilele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwachilele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3761:42,1544,138
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419

Mwachilele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwachilele is found most in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwachilele? popularity and diffusion

Mwachilele is the 754,238th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. The surname Mwachilele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachilele are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mwachilele is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 376 people, or 1 in 42,154. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 82 percent live, Central Province, where 17 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 0 percent live. Outside of Zambia Mwachilele exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Mwachilele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwachilele surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwachilale90105/
Mwachilela901/
Mwachilole901/
Mwakilele845/
Mwachilila801/
Mwashilela801/
Mwaselele742/
Mwashelela70194/
Mwashilili7078/
Mwatselele702/
Mwaselela63746/
Mwakilili63268/
Mwakilila634/
Mwakyolile6081/
Mbageleli531/

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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 Mwachilele
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