Pelengwe Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Pelengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Pelengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pelengwe is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelengwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pelengwe is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pelengwe live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 33 percent reside and South Africa, where 22 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
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