Bwandi Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bwandi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwandi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Bwandi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bwandi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bwandi occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwandi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,871,545th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Bwandi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwandi are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Without taking into account The DR Congo Bwandi exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwandie921/
Buandi83646/
Bwanda83447/
Bwande83388/
Bwondi834/
Bbandi832/
Vwandi831/
Buandih771/
Bhwanda771/
Bouhandi71221/
Buanda671,193/
Bwonda67398/
Puandi67139/
Buande67105/
Buondi67105/
Vwande6743/
Bvanda6724/
Bwonde676/
Vuandi675/
Buamdi673/
Pwondi672/
Bbondi671/
Bbande671/
Bvande671/
Pwanda671/

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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 Bwandi
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