Kengwah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kengwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Kengwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kengwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kengwah is most common in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kengwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kengwah live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Kengwah occurs in one country. It is also found in Singapore, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kengwa | 92 | 1,635 | / |
| Kuengwa | 86 | 65 | / |
| Kaengwa | 86 | 59 | / |
| Kiengwa | 86 | 21 | / |
| Keng'wa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kengwat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiengkwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kengbeah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Qengwa | 77 | 239 | / |
| Kengua | 77 | 137 | / |
| Kingwa | 77 | 61 | / |
| Kengva | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kenkwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kemgwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kengwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cheengwah | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kiengua | 71 | 1,068 | / |
| Kingwai | 71 | 151 | / |
| Chengwa | 71 | 146 | / |
| Kengkua | 71 | 115 | / |
| Kingway | 71 | 93 | / |
| Kenghua | 71 | 32 | / |
| Kuingwa | 71 | 13 | / |
| King'wa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Hcengwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kingwaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kingbah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kengkwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qengqwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiongwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kingwea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kinguah | 71 | 1 | / |
| King'wai | 67 | 65 | / |
| Cheengwa | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kingkwai | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kingw'aa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chengway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chengwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| King'waa | 67 | 1 | / |
| King'uah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chenkwah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kengwah
- 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