Malengwe Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Malengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 168 | 1:315,129 | 23,975 |
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Malengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malengwe is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Malengwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malengwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malengwe is the 1,177,228th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malengwe are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Malengwe is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 315,129. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Pwani Region, where 93 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Malengwe exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 14 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahlengwe | 94 | 163 | / |
| Malengue | 88 | 6,135 | / |
| Malengwa | 88 | 71 | / |
| Malengbe | 88 | 4 | / |
| Melengwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mailingwe | 82 | 3 | / |
| Mallengue | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maliengue | 82 | 1 | / |
| Malengoue | 82 | 1 | / |
| Malen'gwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mahlengwi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Malingw | 80 | 7 | / |
| Malingue | 75 | 336 | / |
| Molengwa | 75 | 70 | / |
| Malenque | 75 | 62 | / |
| Malengua | 75 | 30 | / |
| Malingwa | 75 | 28 | / |
| Molengue | 75 | 19 | / |
| Malingbe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Malingwi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Malemqwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moulengue | 71 | 11 | / |
| Malingbey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motlingwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mailingwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mailingue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malingques | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malingui | 63 | 36 | / |
| Malingbi | 63 | 27 | / |
| Malenqui | 63 | 11 | / |
| Molengui | 63 | 5 | / |
| Mélingue | 63 | 1 | / |
| Molingue | 63 | 1 | / |
| Moulengui | 59 | 870 | / |
| Malingbay | 59 | 13 | / |
| Moilingwa | 59 | 1 | / |
| Malingquis | 56 | 1 | / |
| Malinguaggi | 53 | 15 | / |
| Molingbi | 50 | 4 | / |
| Molingui | 50 | 2 | / |
| Malinque | 50 | 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 Malengwe
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