Mwalele Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwalele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwalele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya831:556,38426,876
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mwalele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwalele is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwalele are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 556,384. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kilifi County, where 84 percent reside, Kwale County, where 11 percent reside and Nyandarua County, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Mwalele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (67%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwailele939/
Mwalale86236/
Mwalile86234/
Mwelele86180/
Mwalela86160/
Mwalole864/
Mwolele863/
Mbalele862/
Mualele861/
Mwalyale8077/
Mwalili711,707/
Mwalali71318/
Mweleli7195/
Mbolele7183/
Mwalila7154/
Mvelele7148/
Mbalile7136/
Muelele7121/
Mwolela714/
Mvalela712/
Mualeal711/
Mwalaila6753/
Mwaalila6719/
Mwaulila675/
Mwailale672/
Mbholele671/
Muhalela671/
M'Velele671/
Mboleleh671/

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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 Mwalele
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