Magwangu Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Magwangu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Magwangu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Magwangu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Magwangu is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Magwangu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Magwangu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Magwangu reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 514,608. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 50 percent live, Midlands Province, where 40 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live and Zambia, where 3 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 Magwangu
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