Mwangu

surname · Latin script

Meaning: [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] inflected form of -angu

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • KEKenya≈1 in 40K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 13K
  • UGUganda≈1 in 170K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,500 people, est.

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] inflected form of -angu

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mwangu 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 Mwangu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#833≈4,500 est.≈1 in 13KMwangu19
KE Kenya—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 40KMwangu13
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈300 est.≈1 in 338KMwangu3
UG Uganda—≈250 est.≈1 in 170KMwangu10
GH Ghana—≈53 est.≈1 in 554KMwangu3

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.

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

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)

FormalDear Mr Mwangu,
InformalHi Mwangu,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Mwangu mean, and where does it come from?
[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Mu locative class|mu class_((XVIII))]] inflected form of -angu Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Mwangu?
A machine transcription gives /mwaᵑgu/ (IPA) for Swahili.
In which country does Mwangu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.5 thousand people named Mwangu in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mwangu.
How common is the name Mwangu?
Mondonomo estimates about 4,500 people in Tanzania have Mwangu as their first surname, about 1 in 13 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Mwangu compared with other names?
In Tanzania, Mwangu is the 833rd most common surname of 112,969 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, “Mwangu” — the 833rd most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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