Mwambula Surname

189,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwambula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwambula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,2111:13,0881,491
DR Congo5751:128,48613,821
Malawi3921:43,6716,239
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwambula (38) may also be a first name.

Mwambula Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwambula has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwambula? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 189,571st most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,270,891 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambula live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 38 people.

The last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,211 people, or 1 in 13,088. In Zambia Mwambula is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 42 percent live, Central Province, where 18 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Zambia Mwambula is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Malawi, where 18 percent live.

Mwambula Last Name Statistics demography

Mwambula earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.91% less than the national average, earning R 76,248 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaambula943/
Mwambola882,156/
Mwambuli88245/
Mbambula88222/
Mwambule88124/
Mwembula8859/
Muambula8841/
Mwambulo8811/
Mwanbula881/
Mwambeule8257/
Mwambolla825/
Mwambolah824/
M'Vambula821/
Muambule75316/
Mbambule75157/
Mwambole75105/
Mbombula7582/
Mbamvula7568/
Mbambulo7555/
Mwombola753/
Mbanbula751/
Mwanbulo751/
Mwoombola7184/
Muhambuli712/
Muhembula711/
Mbamboulou674/
Mwanbole639/
Muambole631/
Muanvula631/
Mvombolo501/

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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 Mwambula
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