Mwanguvu Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwanguvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanguvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya951:486,10425,105
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Mwanguvu Last Name Facts

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

Mwanguvu is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mwanguvu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanguvu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwanguvu is the 1,385,851st most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwanguvu are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 486,104. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kwale County, where 99 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 39 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Mwanguvu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Mwanguvu last name is primarily Muslim (100%) 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
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mwanguvu
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