Bwenge Surname
Approximately 4,076 people bear this surname
Bwenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,476 | 1:29,838 | 3,738 |
| Tanzania | 1,349 | 1:39,245 | 4,494 |
| Uganda | 215 | 1:181,578 | 15,102 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bwenge (638) may also be a first name.
Bwenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwenge is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwenge? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 113,503rd most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,787,916 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwenge are found; 61 percent are found in Central Africa and 61 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bwenge is also the 329,390th most prevalent given name globally. It is borne by 638 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,476 people, or 1 in 29,838. Aside from The DR Congo this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwengye | 92 | 3,015 | / |
| Bweengye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bwenje | 83 | 231 | / |
| Buenge | 83 | 221 | / |
| Bwengi | 83 | 131 | / |
| Bwenga | 83 | 65 | / |
| Bwenze | 83 | 31 | / |
| Pwenge | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bwinge | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bbenge | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bwense | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vwenge | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buenger | 77 | 937 | / |
| Buenget | 77 | 20 | / |
| Buhenge | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bweenje | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mpwenge | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bwenghy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwensee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwenshe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwemgye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buenguer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buengier | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bwenzi | 67 | 1,574 | / |
| Bwinga | 67 | 984 | / |
| Bwingi | 67 | 159 | / |
| Buenze | 67 | 68 | / |
| Buense | 67 | 47 | / |
| Buinge | 67 | 35 | / |
| Bwensa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Buenga | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bwenji | 67 | 23 | / |
| Bwensi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Buengi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bwengooha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buence | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buenje | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bwenge
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