Mwandango Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwandango Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwandango 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
Kenya4411:104,7169,062
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zambia171:932,34829,315
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwandango (134) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwandango Demographics

Mwandango Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 8 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mwandango Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwandango is found most in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwandango.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwandango? popularity and diffusion

It is the 628,294th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The surname Mwandango occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwandango live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 800,975th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 134 people.

This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 441 people, or 1 in 104,716. In Kenya Mwandango is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 96 percent live, Mombasa County, where 2 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Beside Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Zambia, where 3 percent live.

Mwandango Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (88%) in Kenya.

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
Mwandanga89243/
Mwandongo897/
Mwandonga78465/
Mbandanga788/
Muandongo784/
Mwamdanga782/
Mbondango781/
Mbandongo781/
Mbandangah749/
Mbondongo6711/
Mbandonga674/
Mbondanga671/
Mbaindonga634/
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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 Mwandango
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