Bwengu Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Bwengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bwengu (13) may also be a first name.
Bwengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwengu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwengu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Bwengu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwengu live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bwengu is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Barring The DR Congo Bwengu exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 39 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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 Bwengu
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