Mwangwai Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Mwangwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 156 | 1:296,025 | 18,882 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mwangwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwangwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwangwai is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwangwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwangwai is the 1,391,595th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwangwai reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 296,025. In Kenya Mwangwai is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 98 percent live, Kwale County, where 1 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwangwa | 93 | 2,429 | / |
| Mwangwi | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mwaangwa | 88 | 127 | / |
| Muangwai | 88 | 11 | / |
| Mwagwi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mwagwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mwangwiya | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mwangwaje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwanengwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwangwe | 80 | 524 | / |
| Mbangwi | 80 | 49 | / |
| Mwankwa | 80 | 27 | / |
| Muangwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwongwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwaigwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwangua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mvangwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwangingwa | 78 | 10 | / |
| Mwagwaya | 75 | 98 | / |
| Mwaangwe | 75 | 56 | / |
| Muangbai | 75 | 22 | / |
| Mwanguha | 75 | 12 | / |
| Mwaingwe | 75 | 10 | / |
| Muangkwa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Muangwat | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwagwaja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwainkwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwangwey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbongwai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwangwes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwakwa | 71 | 1,257 | / |
| Mbagwi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mwagwe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mwagba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mwagui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwagua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbaigwa | 67 | 1,233 | / |
| Mbangui | 67 | 383 | / |
| Mwaghui | 67 | 140 | / |
| Mvengwa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Mbankwi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mbaagwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mwaigwe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mbangua | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mwangue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mweigwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mwamgua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwamgwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwankwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvangui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbahgwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwankui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbagwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwakwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaggwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbahgwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muangui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muangwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaqkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwangwai
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis