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 carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwang'a? popularity and diffusion
Mwang'a is the 2,580,327th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Mwang'a occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwang'a live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 839,635. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 85 percent live, Kwale County, where 7 percent live and Makueni County, where 7 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Mwang'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying 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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