Mwatula Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Mwatula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 240 | 1:66,041 | 5,848 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mwatula (49) may also be a first name.
Mwatula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwatula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwatula is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwatula? popularity and diffusion
It is the 702,422nd most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwatula reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwatula is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name globally, held by 49 people.
The last name Mwatula is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 66,041. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 39 percent live, Northern Province, where 33 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaitula | 93 | 30 | / |
| Mwathula | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwatila | 86 | 100 | / |
| Mwatulo | 86 | 92 | / |
| Mbatula | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mwatola | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mwatule | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwaitulo | 80 | 603 | / |
| Mwatoola | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mbatoula | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwaatoola | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbotula | 71 | 48 | / |
| Mbatule | 71 | 9 | / |
| Muatuli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbatuli | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwetila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbatoule | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mbatouli | 67 | 8 | / |
| Muhaitullah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbatoulou | 63 | 4 | / |
| Muotila | 57 | 11 | / |
| Mbotuli | 57 | 4 | / |
| Mvatole | 57 | 1 | / |
| Muheetullah | 56 | 5 | / |
| Mboutouli | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mvoutouli | 50 | 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 Mwatula
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