Mukungwa Surname

344,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,065 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mukungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mukungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6771:22,8043,445
DR Congo2391:309,12027,984
Zambia1291:122,8689,314
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mukungwa (88) may also be a first name.

Mukungwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mukungwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mukungwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 344,115th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,842,766 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mukungwa live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 88 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 677 people, or 1 in 22,804. In Zimbabwe Mukungwa is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 34 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 31 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Zambia, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mukhungwa9455/
Mukungwaya891/
Mukungwe881,010/
Mukongwa88198/
Mukunkwa88115/
Mukungua8813/
Mikungwa884/
Mokungwa884/
Mucungwa883/
Mukhunkwa821/
Mukonkwa75274/
Mukongwe75172/
Mokongwa7522/
Mukunkwe7521/
Mokungwe7519/
Micungwa753/
Moukoungui671/
Mukonkwe636/
Mokongwe636/
Mocongwa632/
Mukongue632/
Mokunqwe631/
Mucungui631/
Moukongue591/
Mokongue501/
Mocongwe501/
Mucongue501/

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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 Mukungwa
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