Mwangaya Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Mwangaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 369 | 1:143,473 | 13,134 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mwangaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwangaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwangaya is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mwangaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwangaya? popularity and diffusion
Mwangaya is the 769,129th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname Mwangaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwangaya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mwangaya is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 369 people, or 1 in 143,473. In Tanzania Mwangaya is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 59 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 38 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Mwangaya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mwangaya
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