Kwingwa Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Kwingwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 637 | 1:83,111 | 8,494 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kwingwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwingwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwingwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwingwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 498,439th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwingwa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kwingwa is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 637 people, or 1 in 83,111. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tanga Region, where 68 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 30 percent live and Arusha Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwingwa | 93 | 8 | / |
| Nkwingwah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kwengwa | 86 | 42 | / |
| Kwingwi | 86 | 19 | / |
| Kuingwa | 86 | 13 | / |
| Nkuingwa | 80 | 28 | / |
| Nkwinkwa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kwiongwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkwengwah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kwingkweh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuengwa | 71 | 65 | / |
| Kwengwe | 71 | 17 | / |
| Gwingwi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kwenkwa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kwingue | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kwinkwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cuingwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwengwaah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwengua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwengba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwengwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nkwengwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kgwengwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkuengwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkwengwo | 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 Kwingwa
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