Mwambugi Surname
Approximately 760 people bear this surname
Mwambugi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 741 | 1:71,446 | 7,469 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
Mwambugi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambugi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwambugi occurs most in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mwambugi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambugi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwambugi is the 448,102nd most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,588,876 people. The last name Mwambugi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambugi are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Mwambugi is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 741 people, or 1 in 71,446. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 50 percent reside, Songwe Region, where 32 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Mwambugi
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