Mwendela Surname
Approximately 1,287 people bear this surname
Mwendela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 909 | 1:17,437 | 1,950 |
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
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 surname Mwendela occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwendela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 296,403rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,662,429 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 47 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 909 people, or 1 in 17,437. In Zambia it 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. Excluding Zambia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwemndela | 94 | 10 | / |
| Mwendele | 88 | 2,356 | / |
| Mbendela | 88 | 811 | / |
| Muendela | 88 | 515 | / |
| Mwendelo | 88 | 28 | / |
| Mwendola | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwindela | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwendala | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muendelea | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwndele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muendele | 75 | 1,492 | / |
| Mbindela | 75 | 94 | / |
| Mwindila | 75 | 64 | / |
| Mbendele | 75 | 42 | / |
| Mwindala | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muendelo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwemdele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbendeli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muindelay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muindila | 63 | 636 | / |
| Mbindila | 63 | 96 | / |
| Mwindile | 63 | 27 | / |
| Mbendile | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mbindele | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muhindila | 59 | 7 | / |
| Muindilaya | 56 | 1 | / |
| Muhendisler | 53 | 5 | / |
| Muindile | 50 | 520 | / |
| Mbindilo | 50 | 1 | / |
| Muindili | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mbindile | 50 | 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
- 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 Mwendela
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