Luhanga Surname

15,599th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Luhanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luhanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi24,7551:69252
Zambia4,7621:3,328419
Tanzania4,5681:11,5901,513
DR Congo1,3751:53,7316,473
Zimbabwe1281:120,61116,273
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Luhanga (308) may also be a first name.

Luhanga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luhanga is found most frequently in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luhanga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 15,599th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 203,996 people. Luhanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luhanga reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 501,377th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 308 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 24,755 people, or 1 in 692. Barring Malawi it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 13 percent are found and Tanzania, where 13 percent are found.

Luhanga Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Luhanga earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 21.86% less than the national average, earning R 185,688 per year and in United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louhanga937/
Luhianga932/
Luhangah932/
Louanga86970/
Luhango86186/
Luhonga8687/
Lihanga864/
Louangai801/
Louhangou757/
Lihonga71781/
Luhongo71138/
Luyonga7183/
Louango7111/
Lihango711/
Lujonga711/
Lueangho6748/
Louangou674/
Louangho671/
Louhongou631/
Louhoungou59107/
Lihongo575/
Louongop531/
Lugiongo531/
Lououngou501/

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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 Luhanga
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