Mchengwa Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Mchengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mchengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mchengwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchengwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,459,453rd most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Mchengwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchengwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 365,115. In Tanzania Mchengwa is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 83 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 6 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Mchengwa exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mchegwa | 93 | 4 | / |
| Mhengwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mching'wa | 82 | 74 | / |
| Msheng'wa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mjengwa | 80 | 1,323 | / |
| Msengwa | 80 | 368 | / |
| Mkengwa | 80 | 199 | / |
| Mhingwa | 80 | 40 | / |
| Mzengwa | 80 | 17 | / |
| Mgengwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mqengwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mxengwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mshingwa | 75 | 100 | / |
| Mqengqwa | 75 | 54 | / |
| Mqenqgwa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mchingwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mdzengwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mgengqwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mchengue | 75 | 1 | / |
| M'Zengwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mtshingwa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mtshencwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Msingwa | 67 | 1,805 | / |
| Mzingwa | 67 | 405 | / |
| Mkingwa | 67 | 401 | / |
| Mjingwa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Mkhekwa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mqenqwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mchikwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mgengwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgenqwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgingwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mchigva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mchekua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mxhnqwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mxingwa | 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 Mchengwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis