Kulengwa Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kulengwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kulengwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905

Kulengwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kulengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kulengwa is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kulengwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kulengwa is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Kulengwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kulengwa live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Kulengwa is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 44 percent reside, Geita Region, where 11 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 11 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuleng'wa9432/
Kilengwa88343/
Kolengwa8811/
Kuling'wa821/
Kileng'wa821/
Kilingwa7589/
Culengua751/
Kolingwa751/
Kulkwa71150/
Koulengue711/
Kulgba711/
Kulkuea6715/
Kouliengue672/
Koulgua671/
Kulkwah671/
Qilingwa6318/
Kolengue6314/
Kilingua638/
Kullkuea631/
Culgua57400/
Kulkua5716/
Culguat537/
Kullkua532/
Cullingwood530/
Koolkuea508/
Kolingue502/
Colengue501/
Culguath501/

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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
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  • 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 Kulengwa
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