Mgwanga Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mgwanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mgwanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mgwanga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mgwanga occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mgwanga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mgwanga? popularity and diffusion

Mgwanga is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgwanga live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,029,216. In Zimbabwe Mgwanga is mostly found in: Matabeleland South Province, where 60 percent are found and Matabeleland North Province, where 40 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 6 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Mgwanga
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