Mwanyale Surname

480,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwanyale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanyale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6911:66,8316,402
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwanyale (92) may also be a first name.

Mwanyale Last Name Facts

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

Mwanyale is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanyale? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwanyale is the 480,521st most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,500,787 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanyale reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mwanyale is also the 992,070th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 92 people.

The surname Mwanyale is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 691 people, or 1 in 66,831. In Kenya Mwanyale is primarily found in: Kilifi County, where 84 percent live, Mombasa County, where 16 percent live and Taita Taveta County, where 0 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Mwanyale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mwanyale surname is chiefly Christian (94%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanyali881,531/
Mwanjale88217/
Mwanyala889/
Mwanhale883/
Mwanyole881/
Mwanh'ale821/
Mwanihale821/
Mwanjala757,252/
Mwanjali751,797/
Mwanjole75249/
Mwanyola7589/
Mwanjaly751/
Mwanjalla713/
Mwanjoli631/
Mbonjole509/

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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 Mwanyale
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