Lwango Surname
Approximately 1,625 people bear this surname
Lwango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,361 | 1:54,283 | 6,540 |
| Tanzania | 241 | 1:219,675 | 18,309 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lwango (328) may also be a first name.
Lwango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwango is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwango? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 245,043rd most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,484,644 people. Lwango occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwango are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 484,112th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 328 people.
Lwango is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,361 people, or 1 in 54,283. Not including The DR Congo this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwangohe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lwanga | 83 | 26,498 | / |
| Luango | 83 | 3,398 | / |
| Lwamgo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lwongo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lwang'a | 77 | 3 | / |
| Lwaanga | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lwainga | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lwannga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lyuango | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwangatowa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Lwanghat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lwahanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luongo | 67 | 19,249 | / |
| Luanga | 67 | 1,478 | / |
| Lwonga | 67 | 12 | / |
| Louhangou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lwamga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luangat | 62 | 39 | / |
| Luangga | 62 | 12 | / |
| Luangha | 62 | 5 | / |
| Luongho | 62 | 2 | / |
| Lluongo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Louhanga | 57 | 7 | / |
| Luhangah | 57 | 2 | / |
| Luangath | 57 | 1 | / |
| Louhongou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Louhoungou | 50 | 107 | / |
| Luonga | 50 | 36 | / |
| Luamga | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lwango
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