Mugwanza Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mugwanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugwanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mugwanza Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mugwanza is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugwanza? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mugwanza is the 3,323,005th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Mugwanza is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mugwanza reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 514,608. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 70 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 30 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mungwanzay8934/
Mugwanja88425/
Mukwanza8848/
Mugwanzi881/
Muguanza880/
Mungwansa821/
Mukwandza821/
Mungwanzi821/
Mukwanja75151/
Mugwangi7556/
Mukuanza7521/
Mugwansi7512/
Muguonza751/
Mugwange751/
Mukwanzi751/
Mukwandja711/
Mugwahansi677/
Mugwasinge671/
Mukwange6381/
Mukwanje6336/
Mokwanzo6321/
Mukwanji632/
Mukwangi631/
Mukwatenge561/
Mukuange501/

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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 Mugwanza
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