Sengwe Surname
Approximately 1,019 people bear this surname
Sengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 690 | 1:22,374 | 3,370 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Zambia | 146 | 1:108,561 | 8,496 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sengwe (96) may also be a first name.
Sengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sengwe is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sengwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sengwe is the 356,452nd most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 7,151,664 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sengwe reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sengwe is also the 968,397th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 96 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 690 people, or 1 in 22,374. In Zimbabwe Sengwe is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 36 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Zambia, where 14 percent live.
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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 Sengwe
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