Mwachonga Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwachonga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwachonga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mwachonga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwachonga is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwachonga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwachonga reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwachonga is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya it is most common in: Kwale County, where 33 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 33 percent are found and Taita Taveta County, where 33 percent are found. Other than Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 43 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.

Mwachonga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwachonga surname is predominantly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.

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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 Mwachonga
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