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 last name Mwachilele is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwachilele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 754,238th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachilele reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 42,154. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 82 percent reside, Central Province, where 17 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 0 percent reside. Not including Zambia Mwachilele is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Mwachilele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly 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
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  • 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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