Mwadele Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Mwadele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 254 | 1:181,811 | 13,664 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwadele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwadele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwadele is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwadele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwadele is the 1,001,271st most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwadele are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 254 people, or 1 in 181,811. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Mombasa County, where 53 percent are found, Kwale County, where 46 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwadelle | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mwedele | 86 | 21 | / |
| Mwadile | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mbaadele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbatdele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mmwadile | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muadelech | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwadali | 71 | 365 | / |
| Mwadili | 71 | 120 | / |
| Mwadila | 71 | 115 | / |
| Mbodele | 71 | 85 | / |
| Mbadile | 71 | 34 | / |
| Mwedeli | 71 | 18 | / |
| Muedele | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbadeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muadile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbadeal | 71 | 1 | / |
| M'Wadili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwhadila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muadila | 57 | 77 | / |
| Mbadili | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mbodeli | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muadhali | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muodiela | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbodheli | 53 | 1 | / |
| M'Badily | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhaddali | 50 | 16 | / |
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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 Mwadele
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