Gwengo Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Gwengo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 389 | 1:39,687 | 6,130 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Gwengo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwengo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwengo is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwengo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwengo is the 701,000th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwengo live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Gwengo is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 389 people, or 1 in 39,687. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 40 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent are found and Harare Province, where 15 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwengho | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ngwuengo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngwengou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbengo | 83 | 261 | / |
| Kwengo | 83 | 127 | / |
| Gwenga | 83 | 58 | / |
| Guengo | 83 | 13 | / |
| Qwengo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gwingo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngwngo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwengho | 77 | 24 | / |
| Gcwenga | 77 | 21 | / |
| Gbengou | 77 | 14 | / |
| Guengou | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ngwingo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kwengou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwengah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gqwenga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbngo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gvngo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwenga | 71 | 24 | / |
| Ngwengah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbenga | 67 | 12,293 | / |
| Kwenga | 67 | 654 | / |
| Kuengo | 67 | 616 | / |
| Guingo | 67 | 443 | / |
| Qwenga | 67 | 134 | / |
| Guenga | 67 | 47 | / |
| Quengo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Gbingo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Cwenga | 67 | 8 | / |
| Cuengo | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Gwengo
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