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
The last name Mwaila occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwaila? popularity and diffusion
Mwaila is the 506,723rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwaila reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Mwaila is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 330 people, or 1 in 160,429. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 72 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 23 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Malawi, where 16 percent are found.
Mwaila Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mwaila last name is chiefly 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
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