Mwalamba Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Mwalamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mwalamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwalamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwalamba occurs most in Malawi. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwalamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,218,745th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwalamba reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwailamba | 94 | 4 | / |
| Mwalemba | 88 | 897 | / |
| Mwalomba | 88 | 95 | / |
| Mualamba | 88 | 62 | / |
| Mbalamba | 88 | 47 | / |
| Mwalambo | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mwelamba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwalambi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwalambe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwaulambo | 82 | 2,984 | / |
| Mwalyambi | 82 | 470 | / |
| Mwalyambe | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mweliamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwaliambi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muhalamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwalotimba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwalombo | 75 | 76 | / |
| Mbalambi | 75 | 62 | / |
| Mwalembo | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mbolamba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mualemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwalombi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwalyombo | 71 | 56 | / |
| Mboliamba | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mbolyamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mboulamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbolambi | 63 | 536 | / |
| Mbolomba | 63 | 55 | / |
| Mualombo | 63 | 34 | / |
| Mbolambo | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mwolombi | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mbolambe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muhelemba | 59 | 9 | / |
| Mvoulambi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mvelambey | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwalamba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis