Lwangwa Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
Lwangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 127 | 1:124,803 | 9,426 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Tanzania | 52 | 1:1,018,108 | 45,504 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Lwangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwangwa is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwangwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 751,291st most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwangwa reside; 38 percent reside in East Africa and 38 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 124,803. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 31 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 15 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 24 percent live.
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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 Lwangwa
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