Mwamengo Surname
Approximately 12,830 people bear this surname
Mwamengo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12,768 | 1:4,146 | 573 |
| Zambia | 61 | 1:259,835 | 15,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwamengo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwamengo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwamengo is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mwamengo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwamengo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,800th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 568,008 people. The surname Mwamengo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwamengo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 12,768 people, or 1 in 4,146. In Tanzania Mwamengo is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 66 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 24 percent live and Katavi Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Mwamengo exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwamemngo | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mwameno | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwamenga | 88 | 8 | / |
| Mwamhenga | 82 | 75 | / |
| Muamuengo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwamino | 80 | 135 | / |
| Mwamena | 80 | 34 | / |
| Mwamnga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbamenghuo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mbomengo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mbamenoh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwaminga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbaamenga | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mwamga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbamgo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwamyonga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwamhinga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwamina | 67 | 528 | / |
| Muamena | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mbamnga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muhamgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaumgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaamga | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwamengo
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