Mukwenye Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mukwenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mukwenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mukwenye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mukwenye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mukwenye is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mukwenye.

How Common Is The Last Name Mukwenye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Mukwenye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mukwenye are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

Mukwenye is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Barring The DR Congo Mukwenye exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mukwenya882,016/
Mokwenye88902/
Mukwenje88345/
Mukwenhe8842/
Mugwenye882/
Mukwonye881/
Mokwenyei82136/
Mugwenhe7555/
Mukwenji7528/
Mukuenge7527/
Mugwenje757/
Mukwenja756/
Mugwenge751/
Mokwenie751/
Mokwynye751/
Mugwenhie717/
Mukwenhai711/
Mugwenhi631,060/
Mogwenya6346/
Mukwanje6336/
Mugwinya6313/
Mukwinja6310/
Mukwanji632/
Mokuenie631/
Mukwinji631/
Mungwenji595/
Mugwinhi502/
Muquenji501/
Mugwinji501/

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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 Mukwenye
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