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 most in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwengu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwengu is the 1,504,764th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Kwengu live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kwengu is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 499,449. In Tanzania Kwengu is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 89 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found 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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