Karengwa Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Karengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 149 | 1:103,612 | 14,508 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Karengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karengwa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Karengwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karengwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karengwa is the 1,422,956th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname Karengwa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Karengwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 103,612. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 36 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent live and Harare Province, where 22 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharengwa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Kerengwa | 88 | 26 | / |
| Karingwa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Karngba | 80 | 33 | / |
| Karngbea | 75 | 29 | / |
| Karngbah | 75 | 14 | / |
| Karngbay | 75 | 6 | / |
| Karingwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karngbayh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karngbe | 67 | 51 | / |
| Carngba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Karingwish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korengui | 63 | 1 | / |
| Koringua | 63 | 1 | / |
| Karngbey | 63 | 1 | / |
| Karnguee | 63 | 1 | / |
| Cariengue | 59 | 10 | / |
| Katringue | 59 | 10 | / |
| Quarengui | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kouringua | 59 | 1 | / |
| Carngbe | 53 | 273 | / |
| Karnque | 53 | 2 | / |
| Carngue | 53 | 1 | / |
| Karnquee | 50 | 23 | / |
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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 Karengwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis