Mwang'a Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Mwang'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 55 | 1:839,635 | 32,298 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwang'a (10) may also be a first name.
Mwang'a Demographics
Mwang'a Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwang'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwang'a is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mwang'a.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwang'a? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,580,327th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwang'a live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwang'a is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 839,635. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kitui County, where 85 percent live, Kwale County, where 7 percent live and Makueni County, where 7 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Mwang'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwang'a
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