Mugwanga Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mugwanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugwanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda661:591,50431,661
Kenya611:757,04831,106
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mugwanga (33) may also be a first name.

Mugwanga Last Name Facts

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

Mugwanga is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugwanga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mugwanga is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mugwanga are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 33 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 591,504. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Mukono District, where 33 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 29 percent reside and Kampala District, where 18 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 44 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Mugwanga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Mugwanga surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Mugwanga
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