Mngwaya Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Mngwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 237 | 1:223,382 | 18,549 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mngwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mngwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mngwaya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mngwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,052,587th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. Mngwaya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mngwaya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 223,382. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 64 percent live, Pwani Region, where 33 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mgwaya | 92 | 3 | / |
| Mingway | 86 | 20 | / |
| Mngwaja | 86 | 8 | / |
| Mngwayi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mengway | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mgwayah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mngwa | 83 | 13 | / |
| Mengwayi | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mingbaya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mingkway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mkwaya | 77 | 831 | / |
| Mengwa | 77 | 564 | / |
| Mgwayi | 77 | 530 | / |
| Mingwa | 77 | 132 | / |
| Mgbaya | 77 | 51 | / |
| Mgwaja | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mghway | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mngwai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mgweya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mnghwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mqwaya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mgwaye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mgwayo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mngwha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mcwaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mengwai | 71 | 512 | / |
| Menghwa | 71 | 205 | / |
| Meng'wa | 71 | 147 | / |
| Minguay | 71 | 27 | / |
| Menguay | 71 | 19 | / |
| Mengbay | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mmingwa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Miengwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mngweyu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Myngbay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Minghwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mengwae | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mmengwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mingwai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mingbay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mengw'a | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mnkwayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mncwayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mncwaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mgcwayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mghwayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meengwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Men'gwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mngwe | 67 | 407 | / |
| McWay | 67 | 243 | / |
| Mengweha | 67 | 223 | / |
| Mkway | 67 | 192 | / |
| Mkwayaya | 67 | 21 | / |
| Meenghwa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mingguay | 67 | 7 | / |
| Menngbay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mgwai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mngua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mengweiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mengueya | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Mengwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehngbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mingboya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ming'hwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mguay | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mngwaya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis