Mwambilo Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwambilo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwambilo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwambilo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwambilo is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mwambilo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwambilo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Mwambilo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambilo live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya Mwambilo is most prevalent in: Makueni County, where 50 percent reside and Taita Taveta County, where 50 percent reside. Beside Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Zambia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwambila882,337/
Mwambelo88954/
Muambilo884/
Mbambilo881/
Mwambilya82186/
Mwambilia821/
Mwambela752,708/
Muambila751,253/
Mbambila75250/
Mbambelo752/
Muambelo751/
Mbombilo751/
Mwembelo751/
Mbambaila711/
Mwembela63554/
Mwombela63284/
Mbambela63240/
Mbombila63118/
Muombelo631/
Muanbila631/
Mweembela59232/
Mbambelah591/
Mwembeela591/
Mvembela5077/
Muembela5048/
Mbombelo504/

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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 Mwambilo
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