Mayangwa Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mayangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mayangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1481:107,0948,406
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mayangwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mayangwa is found most in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mayangwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mayangwa is the 1,338,236th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mayangwa are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 107,094. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Central Province, where 65 percent reside, Southern Province, where 31 percent reside and Western Province, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 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
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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 Mayangwa
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