Vingwe Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Vingwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
Vingwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vingwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vingwe is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vingwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,537,949th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Vingwe live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Excluding Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found and Denmark, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingwe | 83 | 480 | / |
| Fingwe | 83 | 17 | / |
| Vengwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wingwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vingue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uingwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vgwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Biongwe | 77 | 21 | / |
| Bingwei | 77 | 6 | / |
| Fingweh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wiengwee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bingwa | 67 | 2,004 | / |
| Bingue | 67 | 542 | / |
| Vingua | 67 | 326 | / |
| Fingwa | 67 | 213 | / |
| Vengue | 67 | 150 | / |
| Bengwe | 67 | 123 | / |
| Bingwi | 67 | 38 | / |
| Fengwe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Fingbe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Fingwi | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vinque | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vengbe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Fingue | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vingui | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wengwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Finkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bingwé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bimgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wingwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpngwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Winkwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vingquest | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Vingwe
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