Mzumala Surname

102,221st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mzumala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mzumala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4,2351:4,042557
Zambia3281:48,3234,592
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Mzumala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mzumala is found most in Malawi. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mzumala? popularity and diffusion

Mzumala is the 102,221st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,580,127 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mzumala live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 4,235 people, or 1 in 4,042. Other than Malawi Mzumala exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Mzumala Last Name Statistics demography

Mzumala earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.71% more than the national average, earning R 370,020 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mzumalah931/
Mzumali866/
Mzumela861/
Mzumalo861/
Mchumala801/
Msumali71728/
Mxumalo71115/
Msomala718/
Mcumalo713/
Mjumalo711/
Mxhumalo672/
Mshumali671/
Mchumali671/
Msomali57712/
Mcimela571/
Mshomali535/
Mshomally504/

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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 Mzumala
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