Hengwe Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Hengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hengwe (188) may also be a first name.
Hengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hengwe is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hengwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Hengwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Hengwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hengwe are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 663,277th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 188 people.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania Hengwe is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 36 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 36 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Hengwe
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