Kwengu Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Kwengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kwengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwengu is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kwengu.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwengu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kwengu is the 1,504,764th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kwengu live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 499,449. In Tanzania Kwengu is most numerous in: Pwani Region, where 89 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Kwengu occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwengu | 92 | 9 | / |
| Kwengou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kwengheu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gwengu | 83 | 261 | / |
| Kwingu | 83 | 124 | / |
| Kuengu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Kuengou | 77 | 18 | / |
| Nkuengou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwenguh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwengou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwaynghu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuingu | 67 | 514 | / |
| Gbengu | 67 | 207 | / |
| Gwingu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouengoup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbengou | 62 | 14 | / |
| Guengou | 62 | 10 | / |
| Ngwingu | 62 | 2 | / |
| Quiengu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nkuingu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nkuingou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Qungu | 55 | 46 | / |
| Guingu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gqungu | 50 | 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 Kwengu
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