Mugwana Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mugwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda561:697,13035,026
Botswana221:99,40615,343
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mugwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mugwana is found most in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mugwana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mugwana is the 2,047,559th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mugwana are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 697,130. In Uganda Mugwana is most common in: Mayuge District, where 34 percent live, Bugiri District, where 25 percent live and Kampala District, where 16 percent live. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Mugwana Last Name Statistics demography

Mugwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.77% less than the national average, earning R 48,072 per year.

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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 Mugwana
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