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    The surname Mwangi

    A surname, carried by 1,675 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M520

    Mwangi: #16,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mwangi #16,968, 1,675 people Mwangi: #16,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mwangi #16,968, 1,675 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mwangi is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    Borrowed from Kikuyu Mwangi. This is the third most common surname in Kenya.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,675 people named Mwangi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. That is up 227% since 2000, when the Census counted 513.

    #16,968
    rank among US surnames
    1,675
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +226.5%
    change since 2000 (was #40,203)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,968Kintz1,675184,326
    #16,975Vanvliet1,674184,436

    Who is named Mwangi

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Mwangi identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mwangi

    Mwangi has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mwangi come from?
    Borrowed from Kikuyu Mwangi. This is the third most common surname in Kenya.
    How common is the surname Mwangi?
    1,675 people in the United States had the surname Mwangi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. It ranked 16,968th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mwangi?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mwangi identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mwangi getting more or less common?
    More common. 513 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,675 in 2010, up 227%.