Bwinga Surname
Approximately 984 people bear this surname
Bwinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 915 | 1:18,709 | 2,930 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Bwinga (21) may also be a first name.
Bwinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwinga is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwinga? popularity and diffusion
Bwinga is the 366,307th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 7,406,043 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwinga are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 21 people.
The surname Bwinga is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 915 people, or 1 in 18,709. Barring Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwingah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bwingi | 83 | 159 | / |
| Buinga | 83 | 132 | / |
| Bwenga | 83 | 65 | / |
| Bwingo | 83 | 63 | / |
| Bwinge | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bbinga | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bhuinga | 77 | 12 | / |
| Buingat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bvnga | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bwenge | 67 | 4,076 | / |
| Bwengo | 67 | 900 | / |
| Buingi | 67 | 758 | / |
| Bwengi | 67 | 131 | / |
| Buingo | 67 | 123 | / |
| Buinge | 67 | 35 | / |
| Pwingi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Buenga | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bbenga | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bbingi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwengooha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puinga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuinga | 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 Bwinga
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