Kiwenge Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Kiwenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 198 | 1:267,382 | 21,207 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kiwenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwenge occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwenge? popularity and diffusion
Kiwenge is the 807,857th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwenge reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 267,382. In Tanzania Kiwenge is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 48 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 45 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 42 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiswenge | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kijwenge | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kijwengye | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kiwenga | 86 | 179 | / |
| Kuwenge | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kewenge | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kiwengi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kiwenje | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kiwengy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiwence | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kajwenge | 80 | 21 | / |
| Chiwenge | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kiwenzie | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kibenghe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kajwengye | 75 | 47 | / |
| Kajjwenge | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kibengeyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kiwinga | 71 | 266 | / |
| Kiwensi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiwingi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiwenza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuwengi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiwenze | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khiewnga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaibinge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kibengoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chiwengi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kibingeyi | 63 | 42 | / |
| Chiwenzie | 63 | 2 | / |
| Kewnga | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kebingi | 57 | 6 | / |
| Kibingi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kebenshe | 53 | 9 | / |
| Kheawnga | 53 | 6 | / |
| Kibenshi | 53 | 5 | / |
| Chiwensi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kebeengi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Keawngai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Chiwenzi | 53 | 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 Kiwenge
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