Mwakale Surname

467,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwakale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwakale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6481:71,2656,732
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
England71:7,959,723202,100
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwakale (153) may also be a first name.

Mwakale Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwakale Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mwakale is most common in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwakale? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 467,776th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,135,669 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwakale live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwakale is also the 743,570th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 153 people.

The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 648 people, or 1 in 71,265. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 63 percent live, Mombasa County, where 21 percent live and Kilifi County, where 14 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.

Mwakale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwakaule931/
Mwakawele88495/
Mwakijale88235/
Mwakiyale88209/
Mwakajile881/
Mwakala86204/
Mwakali86165/
Mwakele868/
Mvakale868/
Muakale864/
Mwakole864/
Mwakile861/
Mwekale861/
Mwaikole80292/
Mwakaila80247/
Mwakauli80170/
Mwakyele8052/
Mwaikali8010/
Mwakalia801/
Mwakajila753,595/
Mwakijele75129/
Mwakuyala75119/
Mwakayila7554/
Mwakajela7510/
Mwakajola759/
Mwakajula751/
Mwakawela751/
Mwakoyele751/
Mwakajala751/
Mwakola71603/
Mvakali71433/
Mwakoli71123/
Muakala7128/
Muakali7127/
Muaykal7123/
Mbokale7121/
Mvakele7120/
Mvakala717/
Mbakole714/
Muakaly714/
Mwekali711/
Mwekele711/
Mwekole711/
Muakalla67127/
Muakalay6721/
Mvakhali675/
Muakaila671/
Mwakuila671/
Muakuile671/

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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 Mwakale
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