Dekwende Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Dekwende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 58 | 1:266,177 | 28,032 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dekwende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekwende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekwende is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekwende? popularity and diffusion
Dekwende is the 2,460,878th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dekwende reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 266,177. In Zimbabwe Dekwende is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 67 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 16 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent are found and Mozambique, where 2 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
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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 Dekwende
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