Kahengwa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kahengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kahengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahengwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahengwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kahengwa is the 6,063,924th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kahengwa reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Kahengwa is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 80 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 40 percent live and Uganda, where 10 percent live.
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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 Kahengwa
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