Dengwa Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Dengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Dengwa (252) may also be a first name.
Dengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dengwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dengwa? popularity and diffusion
Dengwa is the 980,795th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. Dengwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dengwa are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 561,423rd most prevalent forename globally It is held by 252 people.
Dengwa is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 229,184. In Tanzania Dengwa is mostly concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 55 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 37 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Dengwa occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dengwas | 92 | 25 | / |
| Dengwat | 92 | 25 | / |
| Daengwua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dingwa | 83 | 315 | / |
| Dengba | 83 | 175 | / |
| Dengua | 83 | 74 | / |
| Dengwe | 83 | 15 | / |
| Dengwi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Denkwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Diengwe | 77 | 14 | / |
| Dhingwa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Diengua | 77 | 8 | / |
| Dengwei | 77 | 7 | / |
| Denkwah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Denghua | 77 | 5 | / |
| Dengbai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Dingkwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Deungwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dingwau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dingway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dengue | 67 | 2,887 | / |
| Dingba | 67 | 662 | / |
| Dengui | 67 | 292 | / |
| Dengbe | 67 | 108 | / |
| Dingua | 67 | 91 | / |
| Denguo | 67 | 71 | / |
| Dingwe | 67 | 50 | / |
| Dingva | 67 | 29 | / |
| Dingwo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Denkwo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dengbi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dinkwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dingwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dengbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Denkua | 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
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- 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 Dengwa
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