Mwangemi Surname

125,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,625 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwangemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwangemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3,6071:12,8031,586
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mwangemi (1,028) may also be a first name.

Mwangemi Last Name Facts

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

Mwangemi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwangemi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 125,551st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,010,357 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwangemi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 250,249th most common first name in the world, held by 1,028 people.

It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 3,607 people, or 1 in 12,803. In Kenya Mwangemi is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 44 percent reside, Kilifi County, where 22 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Mwangemi exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Mwangemi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (98%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwangema8884/
Mwanjemi889/
Mwangami881/
Mwangomi881/
Mwangome753,924/
Mwangima75211/
Mwanzema754/
Mwanzimi751/
Mwangoima711/
Mbongeme6348/
Mbonsemi6324/
Mwonceme631/
Muangima631/
Mbanseme631/
Mbongimi631/
Mwanzima631/
Mbounsemi59129/
Mbounssemi5635/
Mbounghimi562/

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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 Mwangemi
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