Nalwela Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Nalwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 382 | 1:41,492 | 4,077 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Nalwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nalwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nalwela is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nalwela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nalwela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nalwela is the 744,013th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nalwela are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 382 people, or 1 in 41,492. In Zambia Nalwela is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 92 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 6 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent reside. Barring Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalweela | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nalwala | 86 | 604 | / |
| Nalwele | 86 | 52 | / |
| Nalwelo | 86 | 6 | / |
| Nalvela | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nalwola | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nalwalla | 80 | 54 | / |
| Naalwala | 80 | 11 | / |
| Nallwala | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nailwila | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nallvella | 75 | 3 | / |
| Naluheula | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nalvala | 71 | 707 | / |
| Nalwalo | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nalveli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nalwile | 71 | 4 | / |
| Naluila | 71 | 4 | / |
| Naluele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngalwile | 67 | 65 | / |
| Naluaala | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nalbilah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngaluila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nailvala | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngaluele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngalwili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nalvelli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nalvolia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nelvalla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nalvilai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naluelit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nealvelli | 63 | 12 | / |
| Nallvelly | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nalbili | 57 | 3 | / |
| Nelvala | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nelvella | 53 | 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
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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 Nalwela
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