Zungwa Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Zungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 78 | 1:678,739 | 39,598 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Zungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zungwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zungwa? popularity and diffusion
Zungwa is the 1,795,579th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zungwa reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania Zungwa is mostly found in: Iringa Region, where 81 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 12 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dzungwa | 92 | 48 | / |
| Zaungwa | 92 | 43 | / |
| Sungwa | 83 | 5,667 | / |
| Zungwe | 83 | 2,057 | / |
| Cungwa | 83 | 338 | / |
| Jungwa | 83 | 82 | / |
| Zongwa | 83 | 61 | / |
| Zungua | 83 | 4 | / |
| Zungba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Chungwa | 77 | 1,504 | / |
| Sungwai | 77 | 23 | / |
| Zongwai | 77 | 19 | / |
| Seungwa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Jungwat | 77 | 8 | / |
| Sunghwa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Junghwa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Sung'wa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Tsungwa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Jumngwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dzongwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Soungwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cuingwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jungwha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jungwad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saungwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zungwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zungweh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zoungba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Djungwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sung'hwa | 71 | 472 | / |
| Chaungwa | 71 | 146 | / |
| Chuungwa | 71 | 45 | / |
| Soungwah | 71 | 18 | / |
| Tchungwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tshungwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chuingwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jungwatt | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sungh'wa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chunghwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seunghwa | 71 | 0 | / |
| Zongwe | 67 | 9,853 | / |
| Sunkwa | 67 | 1,820 | / |
| Sungwe | 67 | 491 | / |
| Zongua | 67 | 213 | / |
| Tchuingwa | 67 | 153 | / |
| Zonkwa | 67 | 82 | / |
| Cungwe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Sungwi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Zumgwe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tchoungwa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Jungwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jungua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Juncwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Congwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zungui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zungue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zungbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chungkwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tcheungwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sungwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zongwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Zungwa
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