Mwetela Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Mwetela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 445 | 1:35,618 | 3,595 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwetela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwetela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwetela is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mwetela.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwetela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwetela is the 602,749th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwetela live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 445 people, or 1 in 35,618. In Zambia Mwetela is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 59 percent live, Central Province, where 20 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweetela | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwatela | 86 | 3,373 | / |
| Mbetela | 86 | 643 | / |
| Mwotela | 86 | 181 | / |
| Mweteli | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mwetila | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwitela | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mweteeli | 80 | 89 | / |
| Mwatelai | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mwatelah | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mwaitela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwethala | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwitila | 71 | 376 | / |
| Mwatila | 71 | 100 | / |
| Mwitala | 71 | 85 | / |
| Mbitela | 71 | 40 | / |
| Mbetele | 71 | 34 | / |
| Muitela | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mbetelo | 71 | 27 | / |
| Mwatala | 71 | 18 | / |
| Mbetila | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mwatola | 71 | 5 | / |
| Muetala | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbeteli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwatelo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwiteli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwataila | 67 | 143 | / |
| Mwaitele | 67 | 65 | / |
| Mbetheli | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mwaitala | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mbithela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbethele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbhetele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muetalla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muheteli | 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
- 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 Mwetela
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