Mwaila Surname
Approximately 647 people bear this surname
Mwaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 330 | 1:160,429 | 14,333 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| Zambia | 14 | 1:1,132,137 | 30,603 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Mwaila Demographics
Mwaila Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwaila occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaila? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 506,723rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,263,595 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaila live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mwaila is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 330 people, or 1 in 160,429. In Tanzania Mwaila is mostly concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 72 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 23 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Malawi, where 16 percent reside.
Mwaila Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwaila surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mwaila earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.91% less than the national average, earning R 171,312 per year.
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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 Mwaila
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