Migwanga Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Migwanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Migwanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Migwanga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Migwanga is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Migwanga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Migwanga live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 80 percent reside and Mara Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 14 percent reside and Kenya, where 14 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 Migwanga
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