Mwanzige Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwanzige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwanzige Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mwanzige (9) may also be a first name.

Mwanzige Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mwanzige is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwanzige? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwanzige is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwanzige reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mwanzige is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 9 people.

It is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Mwanzige is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 80 percent live and Singida Region, where 20 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwanzighe9415/
Mwanzije88362/
Mwanzege881/
Mwangeje7586/
Mwangesi7517/
Mwangeze759/
Mwangise757/
Mwangizi752/
Mwanziza751/
Mwangeji751/
Mwanzisi751/
Mwansyoge711/
Mwanjisi631,339/
Mwangisi6378/
Mbangizi638/
Mwanjesi636/
Mwongezi634/
Mwonjezi632/
Mvangezi631/
Mwansisi631/
Mwansiji631/
Mwanchese5995/
Muhangizi597/
Mwansegha594/
Muonjezi504/
Muangiji504/

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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 Mwanzige
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