Munganya Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Munganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Zambia | 90 | 1:176,110 | 12,058 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Munganya (29) may also be a first name.
Munganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Munganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Munganya is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Munganya.
How Common Is The Last Name Munganya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Munganya is the 752,779th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name Munganya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Munganya reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 29 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maunganya | 94 | 166 | / |
| Munghanya | 94 | 6 | / |
| Muganya | 93 | 222 | / |
| Munanya | 93 | 3 | / |
| Musinganya | 89 | 21 | / |
| Mutenganya | 89 | 2 | / |
| Mungania | 88 | 1,265 | / |
| Monganya | 88 | 241 | / |
| Mungonya | 88 | 81 | / |
| Munganja | 88 | 58 | / |
| Munganyo | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mauganya | 88 | 4 | / |
| Munaanya | 88 | 4 | / |
| Munhanya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mugaanya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Munannya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mung'onya | 82 | 189 | / |
| Munghonya | 82 | 20 | / |
| Munghanja | 82 | 6 | / |
| Moungania | 82 | 5 | / |
| Moungagna | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mungonnya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mungangna | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mung'anja | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mugonya | 80 | 1,004 | / |
| Muganja | 80 | 255 | / |
| Munania | 80 | 18 | / |
| Monanya | 80 | 16 | / |
| Moganya | 80 | 11 | / |
| Munanha | 80 | 7 | / |
| Munonya | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mugania | 80 | 2 | / |
| Munanyo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Munanea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muganha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Munanja | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Mungania | 78 | 9 | / |
| Moungangna | 78 | 1 | / |
| Musingania | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mungaaniha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mokganya | 75 | 640 | / |
| Munganjo | 75 | 112 | / |
| Mughanja | 75 | 105 | / |
| Mughania | 75 | 40 | / |
| Mongonya | 75 | 27 | / |
| Mugoonya | 75 | 13 | / |
| Mungonyo | 75 | 6 | / |
| Munangia | 75 | 4 | / |
| Musnanja | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mongania | 75 | 2 | / |
| Monganja | 75 | 2 | / |
| Muganjia | 75 | 2 | / |
| Munoonya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Munnonya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moughania | 71 | 8 | / |
| Muganho | 67 | 188 | / |
| Moganyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mugonyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Munanjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mogonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Monanja | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Munganya
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