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
The surname Gwengo is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwengo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gwengo is the 701,000th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gwengo are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 39,687. In Zimbabwe Gwengo is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 40 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent live and Harare Province, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
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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