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
The surname Mwashekele is found in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwashekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 430,251st most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,098,060 people. The last name Mwashekele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwashekele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Namibia, where it is held by 799 people, or 1 in 3,016. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Ohangwena Region, where 55 percent live, Khomas Region, where 16 percent live and Erongo Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Namibia Mwashekele occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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
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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 Mwashekele
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