Mwashekele Surname
Approximately 801 people bear this surname
Mwashekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 799 | 1:3,016 | 498 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mwashekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwashekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwashekele is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwashekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwashekele is the 430,251st most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,098,060 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwashekele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 799 people, or 1 in 3,016. In Namibia it is most common in: Ohangwena Region, where 55 percent are found, Khomas Region, where 16 percent are found and Erongo Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Namibia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwashekeleh | 95 | 8 | / |
| Muashekele | 90 | 13 | / |
| Mwashekeli | 90 | 1 | / |
| Mwashikele | 90 | 1 | / |
| Mwatshikele | 86 | 27 | / |
| Muasekele | 84 | 27 | / |
| Mwasikele | 84 | 27 | / |
| Mbasekele | 84 | 21 | / |
| Mwasekela | 84 | 20 | / |
| Mwashikela | 80 | 43 | / |
| Mwasaikele | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mwachikele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwazikele | 74 | 48 | / |
| Mwasikile | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mwazaikele | 70 | 4 | / |
| Mwasikili | 63 | 513 | / |
| Mwaisikili | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mbazikile | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mwashekele
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