Kwenye Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Kwenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 190 | 1:83,421 | 7,024 |
| Namibia | 130 | 1:18,534 | 3,250 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kwenye (36) may also be a first name.
Kwenye Demographics
Average Kwenye Salary in
South Africa
R 26,400
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kwenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwenye has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kwenye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwenye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 674,066th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. Kwenye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwenye reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kwenye is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 36 people.
Kwenye is most numerous 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 reside, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent reside. Besides Zambia Kwenye exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 29 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwenje | 83 | 1,699 | / |
| Kwenya | 83 | 333 | / |
| Kwenie | 83 | 4 | / |
| Qwenye | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gwenye | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kwegne | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kwonye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwenje | 77 | 21 | / |
| Kwengeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nqwenye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwinye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwenyih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwenyee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kweniie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwengeyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwanyieh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ng'wenye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwenyayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gwenya | 67 | 676 | / |
| Gbenye | 67 | 176 | / |
| Gwenje | 67 | 131 | / |
| Kwenji | 67 | 82 | / |
| Kuenge | 67 | 76 | / |
| Kwenja | 67 | 28 | / |
| Gwenhe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Guenye | 67 | 7 | / |
| Qwenge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kwinya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gwenie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kuenhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuinye | 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 Kwenye
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