Wengesa Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Wengesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wengesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wengesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wengesa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wengesa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wengesa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Wengesa is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 315,066. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 80 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 12 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 2 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe Wengesa exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wengesa
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