Mwangi
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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: 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
name of one of the two ruling generation-sets (mariika); the other is Maina.
=== References ===