Mwafongwe Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Mwafongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwafongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwafongwe is found most in Namibia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafongwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Mwafongwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mwafongwe are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 92,669. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Khomas Region, where 96 percent live and Hardap Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Namibia Mwafongwe occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mwafongwe
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