Luvanga Surname
Approximately 3,801 people bear this surname
Luvanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,369 | 1:15,714 | 2,043 |
| Kenya | 322 | 1:143,416 | 11,546 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Luvanga (71) may also be a first name.
Luvanga Demographics
Luvanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Luvanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luvanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luvanga is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Luvanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luvanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 120,604th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,917,271 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luvanga live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Luvanga is also the 1,152,838th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 71 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,369 people, or 1 in 15,714. In Tanzania Luvanga is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 37 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Tanzania Luvanga is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Luvanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Luvanga
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