Tawengwa Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tawengwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tawengwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3891:39,6876,130
England181:3,095,448105,421
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Tawengwa (477) may also be a first name.

Tawengwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tawengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tawengwa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tawengwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Tawengwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 699,651st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tawengwa are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 389,495th most widely held first name globally, borne by 477 people.

The surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 389 people, or 1 in 39,687. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 48 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 8 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 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 Tawengwa
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