Mwangi
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Kikuyu Mwangi. This is the third most common surname in Kenya.
Proper noun
Mwangi (plural Mwangis)
- A surname from Kikuyu.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mwangi is the 16968th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1675 individuals. Mwangi is most common among Black/African American (94.63%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mwangi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 641.
Anagrams
- wigman
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mwàᵑɡǐ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
Proper noun
Mwangi
- a male given name.[1]
- name of one of the two ruling generation-sets (mariika); the other is Maina.[1]
References
- “Mwangi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 13. Oxford: Clarendon Press.