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
The surname Wengesa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wengesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wengesa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Wengesa is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 315,066. In Zimbabwe Wengesa is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 80 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 12 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 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
- 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 Wengesa
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