Lungwana Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lungwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lungwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1451:373,63933,668
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lungwana (174) may also be a first name.

Lungwana Last Name Facts

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

Lungwana is found most in South Africa. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lungwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lungwana is the 1,305,105th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lungwana live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 692,220th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 174 people.

The last name Lungwana is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 373,639. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 41 percent live, Western Cape, where 26 percent live and Northern Cape, where 10 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Lungwana Last Name Statistics demography

Lungwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.43% less than the national average, earning R 79,764 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 Lungwana
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