Mzingwa Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mzingwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mzingwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Tanzania1901:278,64021,876
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mzingwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mzingwa is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mzingwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 719,876th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. The surname Mzingwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mzingwa live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Mzingwa is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 47 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdzingwa93212/
Msingwa861,805/
Mjingwa8625/
Mzengwa8617/
Mzingwi864/
Mzingwe862/
Mxingwa861/
Mgingwa861/
Mshingwa80100/
Mhzingwe802/
Mdzengwa801/
M'Zengwa801/
Mching'wa7574/
Mtshingwa757/
Mjengwa711,323/
Msengwa71368/
Msingwi715/
Mgengwa713/
Mginqwa711/
Mxengwa711/
Mcingwe711/
Mzengwe711/
Mchengwa67146/
Mshincwa671/
Mgengqwa671/
Mchingwi671/
Mtshincwa633/
Msheng'wa631/
Mgengwe572/
Mxhnqwa571/
Mgenqwa571/
McIngue571/
Mdjengwes501/
Mtshencwa501/

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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 Mzingwa
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