Bahendwa Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bahendwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bahendwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1281:413,60629,126
Uganda801:487,99128,240
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

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

Bahendwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bahendwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bahendwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 996,001st most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. Bahendwa is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bahendwa are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name internationally It is held 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 it is most numerous in: Kagera Region, where 92 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 3 percent live and Tanga Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Bahendwa
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