Zagwa Surname
Approximately 1,353 people bear this surname
Zagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,124 | 1:15,231 | 2,380 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zagwa (187) may also be a first name.
Zagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zagwa has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zagwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zagwa is the 284,447th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 5,386,213 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zagwa live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Zagwa is also the 665,130th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 187 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,124 people, or 1 in 15,231. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
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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 Zagwa
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