Mulungwe Surname

361,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,002 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mulungwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mulungwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia8671:18,2812,045
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Uganda461:848,68039,357
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mulungwe (28) may also be a first name.

Mulungwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mulungwe is found most in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mulungwe? popularity and diffusion

Mulungwe is the 361,170th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 7,273,000 people. The last name Mulungwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mulungwe are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mulungwe is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.

It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 867 people, or 1 in 18,281. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 43 percent live, Central Province, where 34 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Zambia Mulungwe exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mulunghwe9418/
Mulongwe882,575/
Mulungwa881,193/
Milungwe881/
Mulunkwe881/
Muluhngwi8228/
Muhlungwa822/
Mulonngwe821/
Molongwe75141/
Mulongwa7561/
Mulungui7527/
Molungwa7515/
Mulungua754/
Mulongue752/
Miloungue711/
Mouloungui676,792/
Molongwa63104/
Molongue6357/
Molunkwa635/
Mulonkwa631/
Molongua50106/

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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 Mulungwe
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