Muyungwa Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muyungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muyungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2721:58,2725,311
DR Congo1851:399,34933,942
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Muyungwa (33) may also be a first name.

Muyungwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muyungwa is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muyungwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 638,206th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. The last name Muyungwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muyungwa are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Muyungwa is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held forename globally, held by 33 people.

The last name Muyungwa is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 58,272. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 89 percent reside, Southern Province, where 11 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muyongwa8882/
Mujungwa8810/
Muyungwe885/
Muyungua884/
Myunghwa882/
Mjungwa8031/
Muyahongwa781/
Muyongwe758/
Mujungwe754/
Muhongwa751/
Mujungwi751/
Mayongwa751/
Maiaungwa711/
Mjongwa6713/
Mouyoungue6710/
Meongwa675/
Myungui671/
Miungua671/
Mayongwe6380/
Meyungbe6315/
Meyungbo6312/
Majongwa633/
Muiungue631/
Moyongwe631/
Muhongwe631/
Mayoungbe593/
Mjongwe535/
Majongwe50578/
Mayongue50171/
Meyongue502/

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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 Muyungwa
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