Kuengwa Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Kuengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
Kuengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuengwa is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuengwa? popularity and diffusion
Kuengwa is the 2,372,517th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Kuengwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kuengwa live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 321,630. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 79 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 21 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkuengwa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kengwa | 92 | 1,635 | / |
| Kaengwa | 86 | 59 | / |
| Kwengwa | 86 | 42 | / |
| Kiengwa | 86 | 21 | / |
| Kengwah | 86 | 15 | / |
| Kuingwa | 86 | 13 | / |
| Keng'wa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kengwat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkuingwa | 80 | 28 | / |
| Kiengkwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kouenkwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Qengwa | 77 | 239 | / |
| Kengua | 77 | 137 | / |
| Kingwa | 77 | 61 | / |
| Kengva | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kemgwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kenkwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Qungwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kengwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwengwah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kiengua | 71 | 1,068 | / |
| Kwingwa | 71 | 661 | / |
| Kingwai | 71 | 151 | / |
| Chengwa | 71 | 146 | / |
| Kengkua | 71 | 115 | / |
| Kingway | 71 | 93 | / |
| Quengua | 71 | 82 | / |
| Kenghua | 71 | 32 | / |
| Kwengwe | 71 | 17 | / |
| King'wa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kwenkwa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kingwaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hcengwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kuengue | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cuingwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwengua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwengba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qengqwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiongwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kengkwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kingwea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwengwaah | 71 | 1 | / |
| King'wai | 67 | 65 | / |
| Cheengwa | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kingkwai | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nkwingwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ngwengwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kingw'aa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kouengue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkwengwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kgwengwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwengwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuinkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuengue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngqungwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuengoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| King'waa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kengbeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chengwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chengway | 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 Kuengwa
- 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