Mwanahamuntu Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwanahamuntu Surname Definition:

Mwanahamuntu is a surname of the Tonga tribe, meaning: a child that belongs to people.

Mwanahamuntu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mwanahamuntu Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Mwanahamuntu is a surname of the Tonga tribe, meaning: a child that belongs to people.

— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
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Mwanahamuntu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwanahamuntu is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanahamuntu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwanahamuntu is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Mwanahamuntu live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,584,992. In Zambia Mwanahamuntu is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 30 percent live, Central Province, where 10 percent live and Luapula Province, where 10 percent live. Other than Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanamuntu9145/
Muanamuntu824/

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