Alwanga Surname

516,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 631 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Alwanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alwanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6231:74,1256,939
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Alwanga (92) may also be a first name.

Alwanga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alwanga is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alwanga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 516,587th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,549,201 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alwanga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Alwanga is also the 992,070th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 92 people.

The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 74,125. In Kenya Alwanga is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 65 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 19 percent reside and Busia County, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Alwanga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Alwanga last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alwang'a93555/
Halwanga931/
Alwango86107/
Aluanga8613/
Alvanga867/
Elwanga865/
Olwanga863/
Albanga862/
Alwonga861/
Alwanger8057/
Alvaenga807/
Galwango806/
Aluang'a801/
Ailbanga801/
Halwangi801/
Alvanenga751/
Atlwancgo751/
Olwonga7184/
Oluanga7175/
Olwange716/
Alvenga714/
Olwango713/
Alwongo713/
Albango713/
Aluange712/
Albangi711/
Elwonga711/
Alwongi711/
Aluonga711/
Gauluhanga711/
Haselwanger6717/
Halbange671/
Albangey671/
Albangoo671/

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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 Alwanga
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