Mwangwego Surname

926,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwangwego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwangwego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1801:294,12022,795
Malawi1051:163,03916,499

Mwangwego Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwangwego has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwangwego? popularity and diffusion

It is the 926,175th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. The last name Mwangwego occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwangwego live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Mwangwego is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 294,120. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent live. Beside Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 37 percent live.

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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 Mwangwego
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