Mngwana Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mngwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mngwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Mngwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mngwana is most common in Kenya. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mngwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mngwana is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mngwana reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Mngwana is most prevalent in: Taita Taveta County, where 80 percent live and Machakos County, where 20 percent live. Apart from Kenya Mngwana is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 percent live and Botswana, where 11 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
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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 Mngwana
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