Wazingwa Surname

385,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 922 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Wazingwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wazingwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5751:29,7724,476
Tanzania3461:153,01013,848
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Wazingwa (12) may also be a first name.

Wazingwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wazingwa is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wazingwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Wazingwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 385,337th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,904,063 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wazingwa live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Wazingwa is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name globally, borne by 12 people.

The last name Wazingwa is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 38 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wadzingwa946/
Bazingwa8828/
Wazingua881/
Wasingwa881/
Hwedzingwa786/
Wasengwa759/
Wasingua755/
Wazengua751/
Wozinkweh591/
Bazngui531/
Bazengue504/
Bazengui501/
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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 Wazingwa
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