Mwangolo Surname

215,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwangolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwangolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,9041:24,2542,739
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Mwangolo (641) may also be a first name.

Mwangolo Last Name Facts

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

Mwangolo occurs most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwangolo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 215,090th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,813,472 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwangolo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwangolo is also the 328,586th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 641 people.

Mwangolo is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,904 people, or 1 in 24,254. In Kenya Mwangolo is mostly concentrated in: Kwale County, where 44 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 40 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Mwangolo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (72%) in Kenya.

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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 Mwangolo
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