Mwala Surname
Approximately 15,665 people bear this surname
Mwala Surname Definition:
Mwala is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: onlooker.
Mwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7,199 | 1:7,354 | 962 |
| Zambia | 4,021 | 1:3,942 | 479 |
| Malawi | 1,725 | 1:9,924 | 1,537 |
| DR Congo | 1,512 | 1:48,862 | 5,909 |
| Kenya | 538 | 1:85,836 | 7,815 |
| Namibia | 355 | 1:6,787 | 1,325 |
| Zimbabwe | 183 | 1:84,362 | 12,279 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Mwala (1,866) may also be a first name.
Mwala Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mwala is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: onlooker.
Mwala is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: rock.
Mwala Demographics
Average Mwala Salary in
South Africa
R 80,220
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwala is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,888th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 465,212 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwala reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 176,254th most widely held forename on earth, held by 1,866 people.
Mwala is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 7,199 people, or 1 in 7,354. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Songwe Region, where 68 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 20 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 26 percent live and Malawi, where 11 percent live.
Mwala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mwala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.24% less than the national average, earning R 80,220 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
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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 Mwala
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