Mwendela Surname

296,403rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwendela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwendela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia9091:17,4371,950
DR Congo3421:216,02221,248
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Namibia81:301,17510,197
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mwendela (47) may also be a first name.

Mwendela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwendela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mwendela is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mwendela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwendela? popularity and diffusion

Mwendela is the 296,403rd most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,662,429 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwendela live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwendela is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 47 people.

The surname Mwendela is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 909 people, or 1 in 17,437. In Zambia Mwendela is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 37 percent are found, Western Province, where 16 percent are found and Central Province, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwemndela9410/
Mwendele882,356/
Mbendela88811/
Muendela88515/
Mwendelo8828/
Mwendola881/
Mwindela881/
Mwendala881/
Muendelea821/
Mwndele801/
Muendele751,492/
Mbindela7594/
Mwindila7564/
Mbendele7542/
Mwindala751/
Muendelo751/
Mwemdele751/
Mbendeli751/
Muindelay711/
Muindila63636/
Mbindila6396/
Mwindile6327/
Mbendile634/
Mbindele631/
Muhindila597/
Muindilaya561/
Muhendisler535/
Muindile50520/
Mbindilo501/
Muindili501/
Mbindile501/

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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 Mwendela
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