Alwenya Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Alwenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Alwenya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Alwenya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Alwenya is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alwenya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Alwenya is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Alwenya live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 3,781,544. In Tanzania Alwenya is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 64 percent live, Mara Region, where 29 percent live and Singida Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olwenya8625/
Alwenyo8612/
Aluenya869/
Alvenia7176/
Alwenje7170/
Albenia7156/
Olwenyo7155/
Alwenge719/
Albinya718/
Olwenye712/
Alvinya711/
Alwania711/
Alwonia711/
Alwaniah6724/
Albeenia671/
Olwenyii671/
Alvinyah671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alwenya
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