Muanza

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/myɑ̃za/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Muanza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 162K(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium1 in 335K
  • NONorway1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

52 people, 2024

Sources
15 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 162K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Muanza counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Muanza is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland—521 in 162K52—2
BE Belgium—351 in 335K35Muanza5
AO Angola#241≈19 est.≈1 in 1.7M1Muanza15
SE Sweden—81 in 1.3M8——
NL Netherlands—71 in 2.5M7—4
NO Norway—51 in 1.1M5——

52 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Muanza is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia

    Also written Мванза, Муанза, Mwanza

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMonsieur,Dear Mr Muanza, (English)
InformalBonjour Muanza,Hi Muanza, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Muanza
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202452#18,109
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200835#33,234
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—8#45,526
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20077#69,687
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—5#69,684
AO AngolaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—1#285

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Muanza?
A machine transcription gives /myɑ̃za/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Muanza have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 52 people named Muanza, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Muanza most common?
Muanza is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 162 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Muanza?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 52 people named Muanza in 2024, about 1 in 162 thousand residents.
How common is Muanza compared with other names?
In Angola, Muanza is the 241st most common surname of 23,432 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Muanza” — the 241st most common surname in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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