Yengu Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Yengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Yengu (49) may also be a first name.
Yengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yengu (Marathi: येनगु) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yengu? popularity and diffusion
Yengu is the 914,967th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Yengu live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Yengu is also the 1,430,306th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 49 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 365,115. In Tanzania Yengu is most common in: Iringa Region, where 60 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 35 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yengu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yengu in the Marathi language | ||
| येनगु | yenagu | 80 |
| यगु | yagu | 20 |
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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 Yengu
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