Hidengwa Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Hidengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 148 | 1:16,280 | 2,934 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hidengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hidengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hidengwa occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hidengwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,441,361st most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. Hidengwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hidengwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Hidengwa is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 16,280. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Ohangwena Region, where 53 percent live, Oshikoto Region, where 25 percent live and Omusati Region, where 18 percent live. Aside from Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chidengwah | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ihdengwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Edengwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hidinkwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Udenkwa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Edingwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edengua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Idingwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Idenkwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaidingwe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Udenkwo | 53 | 370 | / |
| Edingwe | 53 | 173 | / |
| Edenkwo | 53 | 55 | / |
| Edengue | 53 | 5 | / |
| Edingwo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Edingua | 53 | 1 | / |
| Idinguo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Idingue | 53 | 1 | / |
| Idingbo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Idingbe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gedengbe | 50 | 12 | / |
| Hedingby | 50 | 8 | / |
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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 Hidengwa
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