Liwenga Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Liwenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 353 | 1:149,976 | 13,619 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Liwenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Liwenga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Liwenga is the 653,013th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name Liwenga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Liwenga are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Liwenga is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 353 people, or 1 in 149,976. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 43 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 33 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laiwenga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Liwenge | 86 | 875 | / |
| Libenga | 86 | 272 | / |
| Liwinga | 86 | 236 | / |
| Luwenga | 86 | 55 | / |
| Liwengo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Liswenge | 80 | 4 | / |
| Libenge | 71 | 2,107 | / |
| Luwinga | 71 | 381 | / |
| Luwengo | 71 | 215 | / |
| Libengo | 71 | 157 | / |
| Libinga | 71 | 89 | / |
| Libengi | 71 | 68 | / |
| Liwingi | 71 | 22 | / |
| Lebenga | 71 | 14 | / |
| Lewengi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Lybenga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Libingai | 67 | 178 | / |
| Lewingay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lewengood | 63 | 9 | / |
| Lujwengye | 63 | 1 | / |
| Leiwinger | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lewngy | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lebngo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luwngo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Libingi | 57 | 1,422 | / |
| Lebengo | 57 | 38 | / |
| Luwingo | 57 | 8 | / |
| Lywinge | 57 | 2 | / |
| Lewingo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Lebenge | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lebengi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lebinge | 57 | 1 | / |
| Libingo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lewinger | 53 | 196 | / |
| Livngood | 53 | 2 | / |
| Leavengy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Lewisngoy | 50 | 1 | / |
| Lewingood | 50 | 0 | / |
| Lewingoud | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Liwenga
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