Tengwe Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Tengwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 107 | 1:148,130 | 10,678 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 1:223,743 | 25,019 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tengwe (67) may also be a first name.
Tengwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tengwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tengwe is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tengwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Tengwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,210,518th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tengwe live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 67 people.
The last name Tengwe is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 148,130. In Zambia it is most common in: Southern Province, where 93 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 4 percent reside and Central Province, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tengwei | 92 | 81 | / |
| Tengwer | 92 | 52 | / |
| Tiengwe | 92 | 50 | / |
| Tengwie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Thengwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Taengwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Tengwehe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tengue | 83 | 5,365 | / |
| Tengwa | 83 | 1,012 | / |
| Tingwe | 83 | 213 | / |
| Tengwi | 83 | 94 | / |
| Tengbe | 83 | 92 | / |
| Tenkwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tengkue | 77 | 98 | / |
| Tingwei | 77 | 69 | / |
| Tengoue | 77 | 25 | / |
| Tingwey | 77 | 20 | / |
| Thingwe | 77 | 19 | / |
| Tengver | 77 | 17 | / |
| Tenguey | 77 | 17 | / |
| Tienkwe | 77 | 15 | / |
| Teng'wa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Tiengwa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Tengbea | 77 | 6 | / |
| Theengw | 77 | 3 | / |
| Thengue | 77 | 3 | / |
| Teungue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tengway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tengbey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tengwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tengueh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tenngue | 77 | 0 | / |
| Tngwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thiengue | 71 | 12 | / |
| Taengkwi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tingue | 67 | 1,042 | / |
| Tingwa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Tengua | 67 | 67 | / |
| Tenkue | 67 | 63 | / |
| Tingbe | 67 | 62 | / |
| Tengbi | 67 | 45 | / |
| Tenkwa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Temgue | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tengby | 67 | 20 | / |
| Tenkwi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tengui | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tingve | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tenque | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tingwi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tengqwist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thuengwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thingw | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tengwe
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