Nkengwa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nkengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Nkengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkengwa is most common in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkengwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkengwa are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 80 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 20 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkuengwa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nkaengwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nkiengwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nkingwa | 86 | 3,507 | / |
| Nkengua | 86 | 21 | / |
| Nkengwe | 86 | 11 | / |
| Nkengwo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkengwi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nking'wa | 80 | 85 | / |
| Nchengwa | 80 | 67 | / |
| Nkuingwa | 80 | 28 | / |
| Ngcengwa | 80 | 15 | / |
| Nkehegwa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ncengway | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nqengqwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkehngwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkengwuo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkengbah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkemngwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkemngwet | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkengue | 71 | 6,080 | / |
| Ncingwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nkengui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ncengua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngqngwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nqingwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkingwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkenkwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkengbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkengoue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkeungue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkenkgue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkingwui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuinkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuengue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngqungwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nchengwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkengwa
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