Mbwagha Surname
Approximately 2,153 people bear this surname
Mbwagha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,159 | 1:45,679 | 5,151 |
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbwagha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbwagha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbwagha is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbwagha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 195,028th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,384,833 people. The last name Mbwagha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbwagha live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mbwagha is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,159 people, or 1 in 45,679. In Tanzania Mbwagha is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 72 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 28 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 46 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbwangha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mbwaga | 92 | 4,709 | / |
| Mbwagai | 86 | 191 | / |
| Mbwagaâ | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mpwagha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbwang'a | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mbwaanga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mpwaga | 77 | 869 | / |
| Mbwago | 77 | 772 | / |
| Mbwagi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mbuaga | 77 | 2 | / |
| M'Mbwanga | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mbuanga | 71 | 1,169 | / |
| Mbwange | 71 | 123 | / |
| Mbwango | 71 | 119 | / |
| Nbwanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbwegah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mmbuanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Bwangi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpwage | 62 | 788 | / |
| Mbwego | 62 | 361 | / |
| Mbwoge | 62 | 318 | / |
| Mpwago | 62 | 120 | / |
| Mbwega | 62 | 58 | / |
| Mpwagi | 62 | 16 | / |
| Mbuangi | 57 | 7,566 | / |
| Mfwango | 57 | 494 | / |
| Mmbwego | 57 | 158 | / |
| Mbuango | 57 | 130 | / |
| Mpuanga | 57 | 127 | / |
| Mfuanga | 57 | 56 | / |
| Mvuanga | 57 | 42 | / |
| Mbwogge | 57 | 15 | / |
| Mbuhage | 57 | 4 | / |
| Mbwongo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbuongho | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mbuangie | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Mbwagha
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