Mwambungu Surname
Approximately 5,795 people bear this surname
Mwambungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,041 | 1:10,502 | 1,355 |
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwambungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwambungu occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambungu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 83,531st most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,257,558 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambungu reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 5,041 people, or 1 in 10,502. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 46 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live and Songwe Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Tanzania Mwambungu exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 13 percent live and Zimbabwe, 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 Mwambungu
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