Sengwa Surname
Approximately 574 people bear this surname
Sengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
| Zimbabwe | 51 | 1:302,711 | 30,394 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sengwa (95) may also be a first name.
Sengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sengwa occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sengwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sengwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 554,992nd most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 12,696,073 people. The last name Sengwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sengwa live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 95 people.
The surname Sengwa is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Aside from Malawi it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Tanzania, where 26 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sengwa
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