Mwamale Surname
Approximately 275 people bear this surname
Mwamale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
Mwamale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwamale is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 950,707th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,500,167 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamale live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwammale | 93 | 84 | / |
| Mwaimale | 93 | 6 | / |
| Mwamala | 86 | 161 | / |
| Mwamole | 86 | 73 | / |
| Mwamali | 86 | 57 | / |
| Mwamele | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mwamile | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mbeamale | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwamhile | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwamhole | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwamalaj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muamal | 77 | 129 | / |
| Mbamal | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mbamali | 71 | 872 | / |
| Mwameli | 71 | 167 | / |
| Muamala | 71 | 136 | / |
| Mwemali | 71 | 4 | / |
| Muhaymaleh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwomole | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbhamal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muammal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbhamali | 67 | 5,527 | / |
| Muhamala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbamailai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwemeli | 57 | 56 | / |
| Mbomali | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mboumal | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbhamoli | 53 | 4 | / |
| Muamuila | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbhomali | 53 | 1 | / |
| Muhomole | 53 | 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
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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 Mwamale
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