Langwa Surname
Approximately 1,089 people bear this surname
Langwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 832 | 1:24,963 | 3,399 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Langwa (38) may also be a first name.
Langwa Demographics
Average Langwa Salary in
South Africa
R 146,268
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Langwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Langwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Langwa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Langwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 337,980th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,691,961 people. Langwa is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Langwa are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most common forename on earth It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 832 people, or 1 in 24,963. In Cameroon Langwa is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent live, Centre Region, where 13 percent live and Southwest Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.
Langwa Last Name Statistics demography
Langwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.45% less than the national average, earning R 146,268 per year.
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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 Langwa
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