Kimwenyi Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Kimwenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kimwenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimwenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kimwenyi occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimwenyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,596,935th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name Kimwenyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimwenyi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 433,948. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimweni | 93 | 27 | / |
| Kimweny | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kimbenyi | 88 | 27 | / |
| Kimwanyi | 88 | 27 | / |
| Kimwengi | 88 | 21 | / |
| Kimwinyi | 88 | 14 | / |
| Chimwenyi | 82 | 43 | / |
| Kimbeni | 80 | 6,586 | / |
| Kimwene | 80 | 223 | / |
| Kimueni | 80 | 123 | / |
| Kimwena | 80 | 50 | / |
| Kimwani | 80 | 38 | / |
| Kimwini | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kimveni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chimweni | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kimwenge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kimwenje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuimueni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kumuenyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kinwengi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaimwene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinwenyi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Chimwinyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kimbini | 67 | 1,138 | / |
| Kimuena | 67 | 626 | / |
| Kimuene | 67 | 131 | / |
| Kembeni | 67 | 52 | / |
| Kimuini | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kimvani | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kumwene | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kumwani | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kimwine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kimvene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kimvena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kemwena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kumwini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kemwani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cimwene | 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 Kimwenyi
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