Bwendo Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Bwendo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 165 | 1:14,602 | 2,681 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bwendo (228) may also be a first name.
Bwendo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwendo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwendo occurs most in Namibia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwendo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bwendo is the 998,609th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwendo reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Bwendo is also the 594,918th most frequent first name globally, borne by 228 people.
Bwendo is most prevalent in Namibia, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 14,602. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Zambezi Region, where 72 percent are found, Khomas Region, where 20 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Namibia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bweendo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bwendoha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bwenda | 83 | 368 | / |
| Buendo | 83 | 54 | / |
| Buhendo | 77 | 55 | / |
| Bweinda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwnda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouhendo | 71 | 300 | / |
| Buenda | 67 | 497 | / |
| Bwinda | 67 | 55 | / |
| Bbenda | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buindo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pwenda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouenda | 62 | 22 | / |
| Buendìa | 62 | 2 | / |
| Bwuinda | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bouhenda | 57 | 6 | / |
| Bouhindo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bouendap | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bouhennda | 53 | 1 | / |
| Buinda | 50 | 1,004 | / |
| Pwinda | 50 | 7 | / |
| Puenda | 50 | 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 Bwendo
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