Mwamunga Surname

669,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 447 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwamunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwamunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4361:105,9179,139
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Mwamunga (159) may also be a first name.

Mwamunga Last Name Facts

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

Mwamunga occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwamunga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 669,375th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. Mwamunga occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwamunga are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 727,628th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 159 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 436 people, or 1 in 105,917. In Kenya Mwamunga is primarily found in: Kwale County, where 65 percent live, Kilifi County, where 28 percent live and Mombasa County, where 2 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Sudan, where 1 percent live.

Mwamunga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwamunga last name is predominantly Muslim (55%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwamusenga891/
Mwamunge884/
Mwamonga881/
Mwamongai8221/
Mwamongay824/
Mwamoonga822/
Mwamhinga821/
Mwamuunge821/
Mwamusenge782/
Mwamongo75189/
Mwamongi7569/
Mboumounga671/

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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 Mwamunga
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