Mwengu Surname

554,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwengu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3101:51,1294,785
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Tanzania1081:490,20032,950
Kenya201:2,308,99536,653

Mwengu (93) may also be a first name.

Mwengu Last Name Facts

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

Mwengu occurs most in Zambia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwengu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwengu is the 554,308th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,673,993 people. Mwengu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwengu live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 93 people.

The surname Mwengu is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 310 people, or 1 in 51,129. In Zambia it is most common in: Central Province, where 41 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent reside. Barring Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Tanzania, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mweengu9248/
Mbengu83609/
Muengu83205/
Mwingu838/
Mhwngu831/
Mbengou77629/
Mwaingu774/
M'Bengou715/
Mbingu671,701/
Muingu6765/
Muhingu6255/
Mbingou6228/
M'Bingu621/
M'Mbingu571/
Mouhingou531,787/
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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 Mwengu
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