Bwangu Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bwangu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bwangu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Uganda841:464,75327,435
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Bwangu (20) may also be a first name.

Bwangu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bwangu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwangu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. Bwangu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwangu are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bwangu is also the 2,446,817th most common forename on earth, held by 20 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Beside The DR Congo Bwangu exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 47 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buangu8382/
Bwongu834/
Mpwangu7712/
Buanghud713/
Buanengu711/
Vuangu671/
Puangu671/
Mpuangu621/
Pfuangu621/
Buangoe621/

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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 Bwangu
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