Mwatula Surname

702,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 419 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwatula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwatula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2401:66,0415,848
DR Congo1781:415,05434,837
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaitula9330/
Mwathula931/
Mwatila86100/
Mwatulo8692/
Mbatula8615/
Mwatola865/
Mwatule861/
Mwaitulo80603/
Mwatoola805/
Mbatoula802/
Mwaatoola751/
Mbotula7148/
Mbatule719/
Muatuli714/
Mbatuli712/
Mwetila711/
Mbatoule6717/
Mbatouli678/
Muhaitullah671/
Mbatoulou634/
Muotila5711/
Mbotuli574/
Mvatole571/
Muheetullah565/
Mboutouli501/
Mvoutouli501/

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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 Mwatula
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