Bwenda Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bwenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2421:218,76718,242
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Bwenda (61) may also be a first name.

Bwenda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bwenda is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bwenda.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwenda? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 772,238th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name Bwenda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwenda are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 61 people.

Bwenda is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 218,767. In Tanzania Bwenda is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 87 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent live and Iringa Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bweinda921/
Bwnda911/
Bwendoha861/
Bwende83820/
Buenda83497/
Bwendi83460/
Bwendo83256/
Bwinda8355/
Bbenda835/
Bwendy831/
Pwenda831/
Bouenda7722/
Bwendeh7719/
Buendea773/
Buendìa772/
Bwuinda771/
Bweendo771/
Bwndi731/
Bouhenda716/
Bouendap711/
Buende671,171/
Buinda671,004/
Buendo6754/
Bwindi6748/
Buendi6716/
Pwinda677/
Buendeahe671/
Pwende671/
Puenda671/
Buendé671/
Bouhennda671/

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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 Bwenda
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