Bahendwa Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Bahendwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 128 | 1:413,606 | 29,126 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Bahendwa (57) may also be a first name.
Bahendwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahendwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bahendwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahendwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 996,001st most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. Bahendwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bahendwa reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Bahendwa is also the 1,308,380th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 57 people.
The last name Bahendwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania Bahendwa is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 92 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 3 percent live and Tanga Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 31 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.
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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 Bahendwa
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