Gwenge Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gwenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gwenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwenge is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwenge is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Gwenge occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwenge live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Gwenge is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Gwenge is most numerous in: Tabora Region, where 80 percent are found and Mara Region, where 20 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwenger | 92 | 37 | / |
| Ngwenghe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwenge | 83 | 585 | / |
| Gbenge | 83 | 437 | / |
| Gwenje | 83 | 131 | / |
| Gwenga | 83 | 58 | / |
| Gwengi | 83 | 38 | / |
| Guenge | 83 | 28 | / |
| Gwence | 83 | 14 | / |
| Gwenxe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Gwenze | 83 | 7 | / |
| Qwenge | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ng'hwenge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gcwenga | 77 | 21 | / |
| Gwenzie | 77 | 19 | / |
| Ngwinge | 77 | 19 | / |
| Kwengeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kweng'e | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwingge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwencee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwengye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwienge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwence | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwense | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwendje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gqwenga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwngi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwengi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Gwijngge | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkwengie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwenzie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwenzei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwengi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwengheu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwengeyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbehngeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ng'wenze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gweinzeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwenzi | 67 | 8,965 | / |
| Kwenje | 67 | 1,699 | / |
| Kwenga | 67 | 654 | / |
| Guenze | 67 | 136 | / |
| Kwenze | 67 | 111 | / |
| Kuenge | 67 | 76 | / |
| Gbenze | 67 | 49 | / |
| Kwengi | 67 | 32 | / |
| Gwenji | 67 | 21 | / |
| Gwensa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Kwence | 67 | 11 | / |
| Cwenga | 67 | 8 | / |
| Guinge | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gwenza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Guense | 67 | 3 | / |
| Guengi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Quenge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwenzy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Guence | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbengi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwense | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guemge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwensi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwingi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guenje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwense | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gwenge
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