Mwanzagi Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwanzagi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanzagi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania231:2,301,80948,176
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mwanzagi Last Name Facts

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

Mwanzagi is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanzagi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mwanzagi live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwanzagi is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,301,809. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 39 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 17 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 17 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanzazi8828/
Mwanzaji8822/
Mwanjagi882/
Mwanzange8222/
Muanzangi824/
Mwanziaga824/
Mwanjaghi822/
Mwaunzangeyi8015/
Mwanjasi751,166/
Mwanjazi7543/
Mwanjage7511/
Mwansasi751/
Mwanzege751/
Muanzaji751/
Muansangi716/
Mwanjaazi715/
Mwansiaga711/
Mwanzoje635/
Mvanxazi631/
Mvanxasi631/
Mwanjosi631/
Mwansonge591/
Muandjaji591/

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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 Mwanzagi
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