Kurangwa Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kurangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3151:49,0107,495
England321:1,741,18971,393
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kurangwa Last Name Facts

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

Kurangwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurangwa? popularity and diffusion

Kurangwa is the 799,576th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kurangwa are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kurangwa is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 49,010. In Zimbabwe Kurangwa is most common in: Harare Province, where 42 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 28 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurangwah947/
Kaurangwa942/
Kirangwa881,181/
Kurongwa8867/
Kurongwwa821/
Kiraing'wa781/
Kirongwa752/
Korongwa751/
Kourangui718/
Kourangue712/
Korong'wa711/
Korongwe63116/
Koronkwo505/

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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 Kurangwa
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