Likwenga Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Likwenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Likwenga Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4181:40,9555,885
Zambia401:396,24819,783

Likwenga (10) may also be a first name.

Likwenga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Likwenga is found most in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Likwenga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 657,184th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. Likwenga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Likwenga are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held forename on earth, borne by 10 people.

This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Besides Malawi Likwenga is found in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Likwengi8834/
Likwenge882/
Lukwengo75294/
Ligbenga754/
Ligbenge6368/
Lukuengo6321/
Ligbinga631/
Lliquinga595/
Ligbingi501/
Luquengo501/

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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 Likwenga
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