Mwafongo Surname
Approximately 6,403 people bear this surname
Mwafongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,686 | 1:4,644 | 646 |
| Tanzania | 2,709 | 1:19,543 | 2,487 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwafongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwafongo has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Mwafongo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 76,523rd most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,138,146 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwafongo live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwafongo is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 3,686 people, or 1 in 4,644. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 42 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.
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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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