Salengwe Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Salengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Salengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salengwe occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salengwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salengwe reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Salengwe is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 593,778. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sialengwe | 94 | 1 | / |
| Salengue | 88 | 31 | / |
| Selengwe | 88 | 2 | / |
| Salengwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Scalengue | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shalengwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shalyongwe | 78 | 2 | / |
| Calengue | 75 | 2,368 | / |
| Salingue | 75 | 1,359 | / |
| Salingwa | 75 | 1,317 | / |
| Salengua | 75 | 301 | / |
| Selengue | 75 | 58 | / |
| Zalingwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shalingwa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Djalengue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Salkwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chalengwit | 67 | 223 | / |
| Shalyongue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zalngue | 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 Salengwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis