Mweembela Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Mweembela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 228 | 1:69,517 | 6,090 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Mweembela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweembela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mweembela is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mweembela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweembela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,070,546th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name Mweembela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweembela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 69,517. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 48 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 44 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwembela | 94 | 554 | / |
| Mwembeela | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mbembela | 82 | 13,872 | / |
| Mwambela | 82 | 2,708 | / |
| Mwombela | 82 | 284 | / |
| Mwembele | 82 | 113 | / |
| Mvembela | 82 | 77 | / |
| Muembela | 82 | 48 | / |
| Mwembeli | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mwembelo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwembala | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mbembelah | 78 | 4 | / |
| Mbembelaâ | 78 | 4 | / |
| Mbembelay | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mwambala | 71 | 3,783 | / |
| Mwambila | 71 | 2,337 | / |
| Mwambola | 71 | 2,156 | / |
| Mwambelo | 71 | 954 | / |
| Mbembele | 71 | 916 | / |
| Mwimbila | 71 | 510 | / |
| Mbembila | 71 | 86 | / |
| Muembele | 71 | 75 | / |
| Mvembeli | 71 | 15 | / |
| Mvembele | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mwombola | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mvimbela | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwimbele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbembelo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambilya | 67 | 186 | / |
| Mwambilay | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mwambolla | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muhombela | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwambolah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muhembeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouembele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwambilia | 67 | 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 Mweembela
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