Tsengwa Surname

763,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tsengwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsengwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3151:171,99319,060
Zimbabwe471:328,47331,980
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tsengwa (16) may also be a first name.

Tsengwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tsengwa occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsengwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 763,307th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsengwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name worldwide, held by 16 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 171,993. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent live, Western Cape, where 24 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Tsengwa Last Name Statistics demography

Tsengwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.66% less than the national average, earning R 145,764 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshengwa9310/
Tsengwai931/
Tsingwa8613/
Tsengwe861/
Tsengwi861/
Tchengwa8024/
Tshengwe801/
Tsengbea801/
Zengwa77516/
Cengwa777/
Tseungwou751/
Tsiengwie751/
Chengwa71146/
Tsengue7148/
Dzengwa7133/
Tsenkwo7121/
Ziengwa7113/
Tsengui718/
Hcengwa712/
Tchengwaha711/
Thsingwaya711/
Cheengwa6745/
Tchingwa6728/
Tchenkwa6718/
Tshingwe6715/
Tsengkuo672/
Tshincwa672/
Tchengua672/
Tchengwe672/
Tsiengue671/
Tchemgwa671/
Tshengue671/
Tsinghua671/
Chengwai671/
Chengway671/

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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 Tsengwa
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