Lwenza Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Lwenza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 66 | 1:802,146 | 42,626 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Lwenza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwenza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lwenza is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lwenza.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwenza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwenza are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Lwenza is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 802,146. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 83 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 6 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwenzia | 92 | 198 | / |
| Lwenja | 83 | 55 | / |
| Lwenze | 83 | 28 | / |
| Lwinza | 83 | 21 | / |
| Lwenzo | 83 | 21 | / |
| Lwenzi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Luenza | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lwensha | 77 | 418 | / |
| Lwendja | 77 | 21 | / |
| Lwinzia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lwencha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luenzia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luhenzah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lwenge | 67 | 1,713 | / |
| Lwenje | 67 | 1,658 | / |
| Lwinzo | 67 | 82 | / |
| Luenzo | 67 | 63 | / |
| Luinza | 67 | 57 | / |
| Luenzi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lwinsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwinze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luenze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luensa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luenja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luenca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwinzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwence | 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 Lwenza
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