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 occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sengwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 356,452nd most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,151,664 people. The surname Sengwe is primarily 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 frequently used first name on earth, borne by 96 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 690 people, or 1 in 22,374. In Zimbabwe Sengwe is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 36 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Zambia, where 14 percent are found.
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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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