Mengwa Surname
Approximately 564 people bear this surname
Mengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Mengwa (243) may also be a first name.
Mengwa Demographics
Mengwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mengwa is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mengwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 562,135th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,921,181 people. The last name Mengwa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mengwa live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 573,164th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 243 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
Mengwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mengwa
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