Mwakamela Surname
Approximately 938 people bear this surname
Mwakamela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 919 | 1:57,608 | 6,246 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwakamela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwakamela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwakamela is found most in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwakamela? popularity and diffusion
Mwakamela is the 380,259th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,769,239 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwakamela live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwakamela is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 919 people, or 1 in 57,608. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 66 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 10 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.
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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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