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
The last name Mwembela is most common in Zambia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwembela? popularity and diffusion
Mwembela is the 569,728th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwembela reside; 82 percent reside in Southern Africa and 82 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwembela is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 455 people, or 1 in 34,835. In Zambia Mwembela is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 43 percent are found, Eastern Province, where 19 percent are found and Southern Province, where 18 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
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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