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 surname Mwengu is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Mwengu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwengu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 554,308th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,673,993 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwengu reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most common first name at a global level It is held by 93 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 51,129. In Zambia Mwengu is most frequent in: Central Province, where 41 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Tanzania, where 19 percent are found.
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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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