Mawungwa Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mawungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mawungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2741:56,3448,535
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mawungwa Last Name Facts

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

Mawungwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mawungwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mawungwa is the 942,947th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. Mawungwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawungwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 56,344. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 26 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 24 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Mawungwa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mawungwe88137/
Mavungwa8877/
Mavhungwa82205/
Mawongwai8268/
Mahwongwa821/
Mavungwe751/
Mabungua751/
Mobungwa751/
Mawoungue711/
Mabuingwe711/
Movungba631/
Mavhungui591/
Maboungui591/
Mowongue501/
Mavongue501/

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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 Mawungwa
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