Lwangasi Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Lwangasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 55 | 1:288,180 | 16,490 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
Lwangasi (10) may also be a first name.
Lwangasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwangasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwangasi is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwangasi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwangasi are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lwangasi is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 288,180. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Western Province, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwangazi | 88 | 42 | / |
| Lwangase | 88 | 3 | / |
| Lwangeshi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Lwangaisha | 78 | 4 | / |
| Luangasa | 75 | 37 | / |
| Lwangaza | 75 | 5 | / |
| Luangazi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luangaisha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luhangaisha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Luhangaza | 59 | 2 | / |
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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 Lwangasi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis