Mwalumba Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwalumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwalumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya731:632,60128,796
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwalumba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwalumba is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mwalumba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwalumba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,091,648th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. Mwalumba is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mwalumba are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 632,601. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 93 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found and Machakos County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaluemba9477/
Mwalumbo88154/
Mwalomba8895/
Mwalumbe8868/
Mwalimba8821/
Mwalumbi8811/
Mualumba881/
Mbalumba881/
Mwaluimbi8221/
Mwailumbe8214/
Mbaloumba821/
Mualuemba821/
Mweluemba821/
Mwalutembo781/
Mwalombo7576/
Mualumbo759/
Mwalombi751/
Mualuimbi7134/
Mbaloumbe712/
Muhalimba712/
Mwaulimbo711/
Mualombo6334/
Mwolombi632/

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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 Mwalumba
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