Likongwe Surname
Approximately 1,690 people bear this surname
Likongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,673 | 1:10,233 | 1,583 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
Likongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Likongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Likongwe is most common in Malawi. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Likongwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 237,488th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,312,157 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Likongwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Likongwe is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,673 people, or 1 in 10,233. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
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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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- 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 Likongwe
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