Mwangasu Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwangasu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwangasu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwangasu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwangasu is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Mwangasu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwangasu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Mwangasu reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 6,597,129. In Kenya Mwangasu is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 57 percent are found, Kwale County, where 14 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 14 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanasu931/
Mwanaseu881/
Mbanasu805/
Mbangassou781/
Muanaseu7534/
Muaghasu751/
Muangazu751/
Mwanachui711/
Mbanazu6711/
Muanosu671/
Mbaghazuh591/
Mbangozou591/

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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 Mwangasu
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