Kwengana Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kwengana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwengana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kwengana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kwengana is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kwengana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwengana? popularity and diffusion

Kwengana is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwengana live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Kwengana is most common in: Northern Cape, where 88 percent reside and Western Cape, where 13 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwenana932/
Kwengani8855/
Qwengana8833/
Kuengana8821/
Kwienana885/
Kwingana883/
Gwengana882/
Kuhengana824/
Nqwengana821/
Ngwengana821/
Kwinana803,395/
Kwjnana801/
Gwenana801/
Kouhengana781/
Kgwinana755/
Nkwinana755/
Qwengane752/
Kwhinana751/
Gwehnana751/
Guengana751/
Kuhingana7134/
Kouengani714/
Guenana67664/
Kuinana6783/
Gbenana6726/
Qungana679/
Kwinano671/
Ngqwengane671/
Cuenana671/
Quenana671/

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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 Kwengana
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