Mang'ang'a Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mang'ang'a Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mang'ang'a Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2821:187,73616,202
Kenya541:855,18332,488
Zambia431:368,60319,020
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mang'ang'a Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mang'ang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mang'ang'a is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mang'ang'a? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 754,238th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mang'ang'a are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 187,736. In Tanzania Mang'ang'a is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 99 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 14 percent reside and Zambia, where 11 percent reside.

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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 Mang'ang'a
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