Mwalela Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwalela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwalela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania781:678,73939,598
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Zambia161:990,62029,787
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419

Mwalela Last Name Facts

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

Mwalela occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwalela.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,374,607th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalela reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania Mwalela is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent reside and Songwe Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent reside and Zambia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwelela861,118/
Mwalala86595/
Mwalola86184/
Mbalela86161/
Mwalele8688/
Mwalila8654/
Mwolela864/
Mvalela862/
Mwalelo861/
Mwalyala80181/
Mwalaila8053/
Mwaalila8019/
Mwailele809/
Mwaulila805/
Mbailela804/
Muhalela801/
Mbolela714,696/
Mwalili711,707/
Mbalila71590/
Mwalolo71345/
Mwelelo71238/
Mwalile71234/
Muelela71116/
Mwalalo7143/
Mualala7134/
Mualila7127/
Mwalilo717/
Mbalelo716/
Mvalala716/
Mwolele713/
Mvalelo712/
Mbalele712/
Mualele711/
Mwailolo67416/
Mwalyolo67260/
Muhelela6714/
Mwaliolo679/
Mbaluila674/
Mbaleelo674/
Mualilah674/
Mbholela671/
Mbalelyo671/
Mwailala671/
Mboulela671/

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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 Mwalela
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