Nkhwengwe Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nkhwengwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkhwengwe 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
Zambia771:205,84313,311
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Nkhwengwe Last Name Facts

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

Nkhwengwe is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkhwengwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkhwengwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 205,843. In Zambia Nkhwengwe is most frequent in: Eastern Province, where 99 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent live. Outside of Zambia it is found in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 percent live.

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
Nkwengwe944/
Nkhwenkwe892/
Nkwenkwe82506/
Nkwengue822/
Nkwenkwei781/
Ngqwengqwe743/
Njuengwe711/
Nqwenqwe711/
Ngqwenqwe671/
Njuengue5919/
Nkwinkwi5915/
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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 Nkhwengwe
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