Kwenye Surname

674,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kwenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1901:83,4217,024
Namibia1301:18,5343,250
Uganda551:709,80535,417
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kwenye (36) may also be a first name.

Kwenye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwenye is found most frequently in Zambia. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kwenye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwenye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 674,066th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwenye are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kwenye is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 36 people.

This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 83,421. In Zambia Kwenye is most numerous in: Western Province, where 51 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent live. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 12 percent live.

Kwenye Last Name Statistics demography

Kwenye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.89% less than the national average, earning R 26,400 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwenje831,699/
Kwenya83333/
Kwenie834/
Qwenye833/
Gwenye833/
Kwegne831/
Kwonye831/
Nkwenje7721/
Kwengeh772/
Nqwenye771/
Nkwinye771/
Kwenyih771/
Gwenyee771/
Kweniie771/
Kwengeyi711/
Kwanyieh711/
Ng'wenye711/
Kwenyayi711/
Gwenya67676/
Gbenye67176/
Gwenje67131/
Kwenji6782/
Kuenge6776/
Kwenja6728/
Gwenhe6724/
Guenye677/
Qwenge674/
Kwinya674/
Gwenie673/
Kuenhe672/
Kuinye671/

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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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  • 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 Kwenye
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