Kwengwa Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Kwengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kwengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwengwa is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kwengwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwengwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Kwengwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwengwa live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 532,540. In Cameroon Kwengwa is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 51 percent are found, Centre Region, where 41 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwengwah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kwingwa | 86 | 661 | / |
| Kuengwa | 86 | 65 | / |
| Kwengwe | 86 | 17 | / |
| Kwenkwa | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kwengua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwengba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkwengwaah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nkwingwa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ngwengwa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nkwengwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kgwengwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nkuengwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nkwengwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwingwah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngwengwea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kgwenkgwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gwengwe | 71 | 1,850 | / |
| Kwingwi | 71 | 19 | / |
| Kuingwa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kwenkwe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kwenkua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwengwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkuingwa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Nkwinkwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngwengwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwengue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hkwenkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwiongwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kwengoue | 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 Kwengwa
- 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