Mwitelela Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Mwitelela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 161 | 1:98,447 | 7,911 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Mwitelela (42) may also be a first name.
Mwitelela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwitelela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwitelela is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwitelela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,364,059th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwitelela live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwitelela is also the 1,566,439th most common first name on earth It is held by 42 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 98,447. In Zambia Mwitelela is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 47 percent reside, Western Province, where 32 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent reside. Not including Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Mwitelela
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