Mwaela Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Mwaela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 68 | 1:679,116 | 29,805 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Mwaela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwaela occurs most in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwaela is the 2,106,139th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaela reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 679,116. In Kenya Mwaela is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwahela | 92 | 6 | / |
| Mwala | 91 | 15,665 | / |
| Mwela | 91 | 12,566 | / |
| Mwaala | 83 | 1,597 | / |
| Mwahla | 83 | 440 | / |
| Mmwala | 83 | 366 | / |
| Mwalla | 83 | 223 | / |
| Mweela | 83 | 200 | / |
| Mhwela | 83 | 86 | / |
| Mwalaa | 83 | 71 | / |
| Mwalea | 83 | 27 | / |
| Mwalia | 83 | 16 | / |
| Mwelea | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mwalai | 83 | 12 | / |
| Mwehla | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mmwela | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mbaela | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mwalah | 83 | 4 | / |
| M'Wela | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mwelia | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mwalau | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mwalha | 83 | 1 | / |
| M'Wala | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwalay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwelha | 83 | 1 | / |
| M'Mwala | 77 | 392 | / |
| Mwahala | 77 | 134 | / |
| Mwahila | 77 | 118 | / |
| Mwallah | 77 | 16 | / |
| Mhwahla | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwaalaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwalaha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwallau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muela | 73 | 21,651 | / |
| Mwalo | 73 | 2,500 | / |
| Mvela | 73 | 1,307 | / |
| Mvala | 73 | 1,023 | / |
| Mwelo | 73 | 528 | / |
| Mwola | 73 | 120 | / |
| Mvella | 67 | 388 | / |
| Mwallo | 67 | 49 | / |
| Mwolla | 67 | 17 | / |
| Muaila | 67 | 7 | / |
| 'Muela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mvalla | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mhwelo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muelay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muaala | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mweelo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwalei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwoelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaalo | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Vela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muelea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaleu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaloh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwehlo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muelya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaloi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwalio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmuela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muelah | 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 Mwaela
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