Mwengu Surname
Approximately 575 people bear this surname
Mwengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 310 | 1:51,129 | 4,785 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Kenya | 20 | 1:2,308,995 | 36,653 |
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
The last name Mwengu occurs most in Zambia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwengu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 554,308th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 12,673,993 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwengu are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 93 people.
The last name Mwengu is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 51,129. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 41 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent reside. Barring Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Tanzania, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Mwengu
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