Gwengo Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gwengo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwengo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3891:39,6876,130
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwengho862/
Ngwuengo861/
Ngwengou861/
Gbengo83261/
Kwengo83127/
Gwenga8358/
Guengo8313/
Qwengo832/
Gwingo832/
Ngwngo831/
Kwengho7724/
Gcwenga7721/
Gbengou7714/
Guengou7710/
Ngwingo772/
Kwengou771/
Gwengah771/
Gqwenga771/
Gbngo731/
Gvngo731/
Ngqwenga7124/
Ngwengah711/
Gbenga6712,293/
Kwenga67654/
Kuengo67616/
Guingo67443/
Qwenga67134/
Guenga6747/
Quengo6725/
Gbingo6713/
Cwenga678/
Cuengo672/

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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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