Lwenje Surname
Approximately 1,658 people bear this surname
Lwenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 853 | 1:62,065 | 6,644 |
| Zambia | 793 | 1:19,987 | 2,218 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Lwenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwenje is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwenje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 241,088th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,395,384 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwenje live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 853 people, or 1 in 62,065. In Tanzania Lwenje is primarily concentrated in: Songwe Region, where 56 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 41 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 48 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwendje | 92 | 4 | / |
| Lwene | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lwenge | 83 | 1,713 | / |
| Lwenye | 83 | 841 | / |
| Lwenja | 83 | 55 | / |
| Lwenze | 83 | 28 | / |
| Lwenie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lwanje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lwence | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lweine | 83 | 1 | / |
| Løwener | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luendje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwainje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lweenye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwenshe | 77 | 1 | / |
| L'Weine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwena | 73 | 4,951 | / |
| Lweni | 73 | 63 | / |
| Lweny | 73 | 28 | / |
| Luene | 73 | 6 | / |
| Lwens | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lwenh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Luenj | 73 | 1 | / |
| L'Wenger | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lwanji | 67 | 843 | / |
| Luenet | 67 | 294 | / |
| Lwenya | 67 | 206 | / |
| Luenge | 67 | 122 | / |
| Lwenyi | 67 | 115 | / |
| Luense | 67 | 74 | / |
| Lwenza | 67 | 70 | / |
| Luehne | 67 | 48 | / |
| Lwinji | 67 | 34 | / |
| Luenee | 67 | 28 | / |
| Luenye | 67 | 21 | / |
| Luhene | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lweenh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lweena | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luenja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luened | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luenze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lweins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwenzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlweni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhuene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lueyne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luenez | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lueney | 67 | 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
- 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 Lwenje
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