Mwongyere Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mwongyere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwongyere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda911:429,00326,108
China21:683,660,78330,601
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mwongyere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwongyere is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mwongyere.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwongyere? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mwongyere is the 1,918,812th most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. Mwongyere is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwongyere live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwongyere is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 429,003. In Uganda Mwongyere is most numerous in: Ibanda District, where 53 percent reside, Kamwenge District, where 12 percent reside and Kiruhura District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in China, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Mwongyere
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