Mwalale Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwalale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwalale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1671:276,52618,122
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwalale (93) may also be a first name.

Mwalale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwalale occurs most in Kenya. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mwalale click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalale? popularity and diffusion

Mwalale is the 1,058,336th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalale live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 93 people.

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 276,526. In Kenya Mwalale is mostly concentrated in: Kitui County, where 99 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

Mwalale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Mwalale last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwalyale9377/
Mwailale932/
Mbalale861,886/
Mwalala86595/
Mwalali86318/
Mwalile86234/
Mualale86103/
Mwalele8688/
Mwalole864/
Mwalyala80181/
Mwalaila8053/
Mwailala801/
Mwalaula801/
Mbalal773/
Mwailaila7517/
Mweulaley751/
Mwalola71184/
Mualala7134/
Mbalali7130/
M'Balal7121/
Mualali7114/
Mvalala716/
Mwailele679/
Muallali671/
Mouhalal671/
Mbailali671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mwalale
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