Bwande Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Bwande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bwande (23) may also be a first name.
Bwande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwande is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwande? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bwande is the 742,570th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. Bwande occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwande are found; 58 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bwande is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name globally, held by 23 people.
The surname Bwande is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 34 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwandie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bwanda | 83 | 447 | / |
| Buande | 83 | 105 | / |
| Bwandi | 83 | 98 | / |
| Vwande | 83 | 43 | / |
| Bwonde | 83 | 6 | / |
| Bbande | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bvande | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buhande | 77 | 14 | / |
| Bhuande | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bwonder | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buandes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buandhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bhwanda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buandeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Båvander | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouhande | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buanda | 67 | 1,193 | / |
| Buandi | 67 | 646 | / |
| Bwonda | 67 | 398 | / |
| Bvanda | 67 | 24 | / |
| Pwonde | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bwondi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bbandi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouhandes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vvande | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bvende | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puande | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwanda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vwandi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bwande
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