Manguwa Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Manguwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Manguwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1111:476,95132,497
Zimbabwe891:173,46321,090
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Manguwa (46) may also be a first name.

Manguwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Manguwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Manguwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Manguwa? popularity and diffusion

Manguwa is the 1,048,281st most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Manguwa live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Manguwa is also the 1,484,914th most numerous given name internationally It is held by 46 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 476,951. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 98 percent reside and Geita Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mainguwa9354/
Maunguwa9310/
Maanguwa936/
Meanguwa933/
Manguwat932/
Manguba861,566/
Manguwo86785/
Mangiwa86765/
Manguwe86276/
Magujwa8622/
Manguva8622/
Monguwa864/
Manguwi861/
Mangubai8091/
Mangubay8054/
Meunguwa8019/
Mangouba8017/
Manggiwa805/
Mangiwai802/
Mangguba802/
Manguwod801/
Mangubhai75321/
Manggubay751/
Meangubai751/
Mangowi711,473/
Mangube71495/
Mangubi71372/
Monguba71192/
Mangowo71150/
Manguvo7189/
Mangowe7159/
Mangubo7132/
Manguve713/
Mongiwa711/
Monguwe711/
Monguva711/
Mangiva711/
Mangoubi67468/
Mangauve6737/
Mongguwi6718/
Mongowaï671/
Mayngowe671/
Mangouve671/
Mangoube671/
Manghube671/
Maingowe671/
Mongubai671/
Manguvhe671/
Mangowee671/

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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 Manguwa
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