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
The last name Sengwe is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sengwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 356,452nd most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,151,664 people. Sengwe occurs predominantly 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, held by 96 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 690 people, or 1 in 22,374. In Zimbabwe Sengwe is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 36 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Zambia, where 14 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
- 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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