Mkangwa Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Mkangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 437 | 1:121,148 | 11,507 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mkangwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkangwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 672,867th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mkangwa are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mkangwa is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 437 people, or 1 in 121,148. In Tanzania Mkangwa is mostly found in: Tabora Region, where 36 percent live, Kigoma Region, where 27 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Mkangwa
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