Mwembela Surname
Approximately 554 people bear this surname
Mwembela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 455 | 1:34,835 | 3,518 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mwembela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwembela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwembela is found most in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwembela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwembela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 569,728th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwembela live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwembela is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 455 people, or 1 in 34,835. In Zambia Mwembela is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 43 percent live, Eastern Province, where 19 percent live and Southern Province, where 18 percent live. Not including Zambia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweembela | 94 | 232 | / |
| Mwembeela | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mbembela | 88 | 13,872 | / |
| Mwambela | 88 | 2,708 | / |
| Mwombela | 88 | 284 | / |
| Mwembele | 88 | 113 | / |
| Mvembela | 88 | 77 | / |
| Muembela | 88 | 48 | / |
| Mwembeli | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mwembelo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwembala | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mbembelaâ | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mbembelah | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mbembelay | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwambala | 75 | 3,783 | / |
| Mwambila | 75 | 2,337 | / |
| Mwambola | 75 | 2,156 | / |
| Mwambelo | 75 | 954 | / |
| Mbembele | 75 | 916 | / |
| Mwimbila | 75 | 510 | / |
| Mbembila | 75 | 86 | / |
| Muembele | 75 | 75 | / |
| Mvembeli | 75 | 15 | / |
| Mvembele | 75 | 10 | / |
| Mwombola | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mvimbela | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwimbele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbembelo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwambilya | 71 | 186 | / |
| Mwambilay | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mwambolla | 71 | 5 | / |
| Muhombela | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mwambolah | 71 | 4 | / |
| Muhembeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouembele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambilia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbhembhele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvmbelo | 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 Mwembela
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