Mankwa Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mankwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mankwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia311:511,28822,588
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mankwa (86) may also be a first name.

Mankwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mankwa occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mankwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,352,516th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mankwa reside; 48 percent reside in Southern Africa and 48 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mankwa is also the 1,032,266th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 86 people.

Mankwa is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 511,288. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Luapula Province, where 97 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mankwaa924/
Mankwah922/
Mankwai921/
Mangkwat8628/
Mankwaya862/
Matinkwa861/
Mangwa832,526/
Mankwe831,195/
Mankua8323/
Mankwi8311/
Mankwo836/
Monkwa836/
Manqwa832/
Meangkhwa801/
Mhangwa774,704/
Maungwa77536/
Maingwa77420/
Mangwai77113/
Mangwea77111/
Mhanqwa77100/
Mankwey7782/
Mangwau7727/
Mangwah7718/
Mankuah7710/
Maangwa777/
Mang'wa776/
Mangwua775/
Meangwa774/
Mmangwa774/
Mmankwe774/
Mangwaz774/
Mangway773/
Mangwad772/
Monqkwa771/
Mangkwe771/
Mancway771/
Mahngwa771/
Mankwei771/
Mangwha771/
Mankgwe771/
Mangwaa771/
Mankuad770/
Maingkhway751/
Mangweha71171/
Mahangwa71115/
Maungwah7131/
Mahungwa7123/
M'Mangwa7121/
Meangwua718/
Masingwa718/
Mhangwah716/
Mangwaha712/
Meungkwa711/
Maunkwue711/
Mangwach711/
Manqwash711/
Maningwa711/
Matenqwa711/
Maungwai711/
Mangwe673,467/
Monkwe671,893/
Mangwi671,814/
Mangua671,605/
Mongwa67976/
Mancwe67203/
Mangba67176/
Mankue6746/
Mangwo6735/
Mankuo6732/
Mancwi6717/
Machingwa6715/
Mancua679/
Machinkwe674/
Mankui672/
Manqua671/
Monkwo671/
Masengwea671/
Maseng'wa671/
Mamgwa671/
Maisengwa671/
Matemngwa671/

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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
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  • 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 Mankwa
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