Mwangilwa Surname

614,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwangilwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwangilwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3761:196,48819,671
Zambia1151:137,82510,109
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwangilwa (63) may also be a first name.

Mwangilwa Last Name Facts

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

Mwangilwa is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwangilwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwangilwa is the 614,324th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,517,024 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwangilwa live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 63 people.

This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 376 people, or 1 in 196,488. Aside from The DR Congo Mwangilwa occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 23 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanzilwa89788/
Mwangelwa89256/
Mwanjilwa8951/
Mwangilua894/
Muhangilwa844/
Mbanglwa821/
Mwanjelwa78106/
Mwangelwe781/
Muhanglwa781/
Muangilua781/
Muanglua7111/
Muongelwa675/
Muanghlua671/
Mbanzilua671/
Muhongelwa631/
Muanglue5973/
Muhonjelwa531/
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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 Mwangilwa
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