Mwahala Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Mwahala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mwahala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwahala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwahala is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwahala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwahala is the 1,544,715th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. Mwahala is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwahala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Outside of Malawi Mwahala occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaala | 92 | 1,597 | / |
| Mwahla | 92 | 440 | / |
| Mwahula | 86 | 70 | / |
| Mbahala | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mhwahla | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mwaalaa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwala | 83 | 15,665 | / |
| Mwaila | 77 | 647 | / |
| Mwaula | 77 | 459 | / |
| Mmwala | 77 | 366 | / |
| Mwalla | 77 | 223 | / |
| Mwaela | 77 | 80 | / |
| Mwalaa | 77 | 71 | / |
| Mbaala | 77 | 50 | / |
| Mwalai | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mbhala | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mwehla | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mwalah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Muaala | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mwayla | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwalau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwalad | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Wala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwalha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwaalo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwalay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwgala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muahallah | 75 | 1 | / |
| M'Mwala | 71 | 392 | / |
| Mouhala | 71 | 175 | / |
| Mbaalya | 71 | 22 | / |
| Muhalya | 71 | 19 | / |
| Mwallah | 71 | 16 | / |
| Muaalla | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mbhaula | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muhayla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwalaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwailah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwallau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mhwahlo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbaalah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbala | 67 | 85,977 | / |
| Mwela | 67 | 12,566 | / |
| Muala | 67 | 4,790 | / |
| Mwalo | 67 | 2,500 | / |
| Mvala | 67 | 1,023 | / |
| Mwola | 67 | 120 | / |
| Mouhalla | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mwailaph | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mouhaila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muhaliah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaillah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwasella | 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
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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 Mwahala
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