Mugwamba Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mugwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugwamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2491:62,0019,346
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mugwamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mugwamba is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mugwamba.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugwamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,009,375th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mugwamba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 62,001. In Zimbabwe Mugwamba is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 34 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 29 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 9 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Mugwamba
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