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 last name Bwandu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwandu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 633,196th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 held given name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 460 people, or 1 in 115,090. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 72 percent are found, Tabora Region, where 27 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Bwandu is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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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