Mlungwana Surname

70,153rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,051 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mlungwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlungwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,4261:8,4311,067
Tanzania5871:90,1909,071
Lesotho251:81,30210,029
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mlungwana (652) may also be a first name.

Mlungwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mlungwana is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mlungwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlungwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mlungwana is the 70,153rd most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,033,548 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlungwana live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 325,275th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 652 people.

The last name Mlungwana is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,426 people, or 1 in 8,431. In South Africa Mlungwana is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 52 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent live and Lesotho, where 0 percent live.

Mlungwana Last Name Statistics demography

Mlungwana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.13% less than the national average, earning R 135,156 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mhlungwana958/
Mlungwane89396/
Mlungwani89149/
Mlongwana8946/
Mlunguana892/
Mlunqwana892/
Mlungwany891/
Mluncwana891/
Mlungwano891/
Mhlungwane8418/
Mhlongwana842/
Mhlungwani841/
Mlongwane7813/
Mlumkwana781/
Mhlongwane746/
Mhlongwani741/

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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 Mlungwana
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