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 frequently in Zambia. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mayangwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,338,236th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. Mayangwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mayangwa reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 107,094. In Zambia Mayangwa is most frequent in: Central Province, where 65 percent live, Southern Province, where 31 percent live and Western Province, where 4 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

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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 Mayangwa
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