Mugwa Surname
Approximately 1,575 people bear this surname
Mugwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 780 | 1:94,717 | 10,727 |
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Uganda | 290 | 1:134,618 | 12,333 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mugwa (110) may also be a first name.
Mugwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mugwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mugwa is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mugwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 251,505th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,627,013 people. Mugwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mugwa are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mugwa is also the 895,203rd most common first name worldwide, borne by 110 people.
The surname Mugwa is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 780 people, or 1 in 94,717. Without taking into account The DR Congo Mugwa exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 30 percent live and Uganda, where 18 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 Mugwa
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