Jangwa Surname
Approximately 986 people bear this surname
Jangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 509 | 1:30,331 | 4,663 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jangwa (52) may also be a first name.
Jangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jangwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jangwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jangwa is the 365,723rd most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,391,020 people. The surname Jangwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Jangwa reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Jangwa is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 52 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 509 people, or 1 in 30,331. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 25 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 24 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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
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