Bwandu Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Bwandu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 460 | 1:115,090 | 11,049 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bwandu (28) may also be a first name.
Bwandu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwandu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwandu is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwandu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bwandu is the 633,196th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname Bwandu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwandu are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bwandu is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
Bwandu is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 460 people, or 1 in 115,090. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 72 percent live, Tabora Region, where 27 percent live and Katavi Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 0 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 Bwandu
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