Fweni Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Fweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3611:146,65313,374
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fweni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fweni is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fweni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 775,315th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fweni are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 361 people, or 1 in 146,653. In Tanzania Fweni is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 72 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 25 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fwenni911/
Fueni80227/
Bwenyi731,500/
Fuengi7362/
Bweeni732/
Fuenai731/
Fueniz731/
Fuenyi731/
Whueni731/
Pfuengi6755/
Fweeney676/
Fouegni671/
Fueniss670/

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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 Fweni
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