Nengwa Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nengwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nengwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania741:715,42740,832
Zimbabwe421:367,57734,250
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nengwa (30) may also be a first name.

Nengwa Last Name Facts

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

Nengwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nengwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,380,086th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Nengwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nengwa live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 30 people.

Nengwa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 715,427. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 95 percent reside and Simiyu Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neng'wa9213/
Nengwai9212/
Noengwa922/
Nehngwa922/
Nenghwa921/
Nengua83639/
Ningwa83154/
Nengwe8352/
Nengba8351/
Nenkwa836/
Nyngwa831/
Nemngwi7750/
Ningwah7714/
Nengbay771/
Nengwei771/
Nenghua771/
Ningkwa771/
Ninggwai7114/
Ningwahy718/
Nyongwah711/
Nengue67294/
Ningua6756/
Nengbe6741/
Ningwe6737/
Nenkwe6720/
Nenguo6716/
Nengui6711/
Ningba679/
Nengvi677/
Nenkwo673/
Nemgwi672/
Nengbi671/

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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 Nengwa
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