Mwashalla Surname

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

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwashalla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwashalla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania121:4,411,80154,433
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Mwashalla Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwashalla occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwashalla? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwashalla is the 5,391,485th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Mwashalla is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwashalla are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,411,801. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 75 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 8 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 8 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwashala941,036/
Mwasalla9411/
Mwachalla891/
Mwasallah891/
Mwasala88209/
Mwashellah849/
Mwashela821,443/
Mwachala82994/
Muashala8241/
Mbashala8227/
Mwaisala8210/
Mwashale824/
Mwasiala824/
Mwashalo824/
Mwatsala821/
Mwashali821/
Mbashaala789/
Mwachalli781/
Mwachaula781/
Mwasela75186/
Muasala7582/
Mbasala7537/
Mwasale753/
Mwasalo752/
Mwasola752/
Mwaisela711,253/
Mwachali71754/
Mwachale7111/
Mwachola715/
Mbasaala714/
Muasiala714/
Mwaselah711/
Mwasaloy711/
Muassala711/
Mbassala711/
Mwashole711/
Mwachalo711/
Muhashela6741/
M'Bassala671/
Mwaisaule671/

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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 Mwashalla
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