Mwangi Surname
Approximately 501,028 people bear this surname
Mwangi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 479,601 | 1:96 | 3 |
| Sudan | 10,080 | 1:3,721 | 533 |
| Rwanda | 4,031 | 1:2,819 | 692 |
| Tanzania | 2,508 | 1:21,109 | 2,650 |
| United States | 1,841 | 1:196,882 | 19,405 |
| DR Congo | 650 | 1:113,661 | 12,476 |
| England | 505 | 1:110,333 | 11,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 459 | 1:19,961 | 2,324 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Uganda | 190 | 1:205,470 | 16,326 |
| Canada | 109 | 1:338,033 | 30,736 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Namibia | 42 | 1:57,367 | 6,674 |
| Italy | 40 | 1:1,528,917 | 81,534 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Mwangi (129,210) may also be a first name.
Mwangi Demographics
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Mwangi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwangi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwangi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwangi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,066th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,545 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwangi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwangi is also the 8,066th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 129,210 people.
The last name Mwangi is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 479,601 people, or 1 in 96. In Kenya Mwangi is most common in: Muranga County, where 17 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 13 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 13 percent are found. Besides Kenya it exists in 79 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 2 percent are found and Rwanda, where 1 percent are found.
Mwangi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Mwangi last name are 27.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80.42% being registered with the party.
The amount Mwangi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 43.36% less than the national average, earning 196,005 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 9.9% less than the national average, earning R 214,104 per year; in United States they earn 3.03% less than the national average, earning $41,843 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.22% less than the national average, earning $41,623 CAD per year.
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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
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