Bengwe Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Botswana

Bengwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bengwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania771:687,55339,898
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Bengwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bengwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Bengwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bengwe? popularity and diffusion

Bengwe is the 1,628,521st most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bengwe are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Bengwe is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 687,553. In Tanzania Bengwe is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 95 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Bengwe is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Botswana, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boengwe923/
Bengwei923/
Bengwee921/
Beungwe921/
Bengue836,900/
Bingwe83480/
Bengwa83413/
Bengwi8333/
Benkwe8315/
Byongwe7721/
Biongwe7721/
Benguhe779/
Bingwei776/
Buengue775/
Bhengwa773/
Bengqwa773/
Bengway772/
Bengkwi772/
Biengwa771/
Besngwi771/
Benkweh771/
Bengwih771/
Bngwi731/
Behengue7142/
Bengouea711/
Bengui6723,709/
Bingwa672,004/
Bingue67542/
Vengue67150/
Benque67144/
Vingwe67135/
Bingwi6738/
Bengbi6727/
Vengbe6721/
Benqwa672/
Mpngwe671/
Bengva671/
Bingwé671/
Bimgwe671/
Benkwa671/
Bencwa670/

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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 Bengwe
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