Bwangwa Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Bwangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Bwangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwangwa is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwangwa? popularity and diffusion
Bwangwa is the 2,436,415th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwangwa are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Bwangwa is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 1,259,332. In Uganda Bwangwa is mostly concentrated in: Kayunga District, where 35 percent live, Mityana District, where 19 percent live and Wakiso District, where 19 percent live. Besides Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live and Zambia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwagwa | 92 | 328 | / |
| Bvangwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bwangwi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bwangua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bwankwat | 80 | 8 | / |
| Buhangwa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Pwangwai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buagwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwangkwot | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bwankwe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Puangwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buangua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phuangwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buhangwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bwankwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phuangwai | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pwaqwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Buangue | 57 | 2 | / |
| Bvongwe | 57 | 2 | / |
| Bwakwot | 57 | 1 | / |
| Buangui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Fuongwa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Buhangue | 53 | 19 | / |
| Puangbai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pwankwot | 53 | 1 | / |
| Phuangbai | 50 | 116 | / |
| Buhaguhai | 50 | 34 | / |
| Buangvich | 50 | 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
- 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 Bwangwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis