Mwagomba Surname

84,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,699 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwagomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwagomba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5,0451:3,393443
Kenya5241:88,1307,967
Tanzania1181:448,65831,304
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England31:18,572,686338,250
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwagomba (137) may also be a first name.

Mwagomba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwagomba is most common in Malawi. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mwagomba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwagomba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 84,741st most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,278,741 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwagomba live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwagomba is also the 790,880th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 137 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 5,045 people, or 1 in 3,393. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Mwagomba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (58%) 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mwagomba
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