Mwafongo Surname

76,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwafongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwafongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3,6861:4,644646
Tanzania2,7091:19,5432,487
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwafongo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwafongo occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwafongo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 76,523rd most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,138,146 people. The surname Mwafongo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwafongo reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwafongo is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 3,686 people, or 1 in 4,644. Excluding Malawi Mwafongo occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 42 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwafungo88474/
Mwafunga7576/
Mwafanga751/
Mwaifunga71801/
Mwaphungo7194/
Mbafongha711/
Muafunga6345/
Mbafanga631/
Mboufoungou631/
M'boufoungou601/
Mwaphunga594/
Mwephanga591/
Mbofanga504/

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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 Mwafongo
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