Hamwenda Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Hamwenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 881 | 1:17,991 | 2,008 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hamwenda (26) may also be a first name.
Hamwenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamwenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamwenda is found most in Zambia. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamwenda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 398,988th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. The last name Hamwenda is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamwenda reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Hamwenda is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 26 people.
Hamwenda is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 881 people, or 1 in 17,991. In Zambia Hamwenda is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 64 percent reside, Central Province, where 19 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamweenda | 94 | 411 | / |
| Chamwenda | 94 | 236 | / |
| Haamwenda | 94 | 142 | / |
| Amwenda | 93 | 3 | / |
| Haamweenda | 89 | 23 | / |
| Hamwende | 88 | 110 | / |
| Hamwendo | 88 | 7 | / |
| Hamweendo | 82 | 64 | / |
| Hamweende | 82 | 28 | / |
| Chamuenda | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hamweemda | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chamwende | 82 | 1 | / |
| Amuenda | 80 | 74 | / |
| Amwende | 80 | 71 | / |
| Ambenda | 80 | 12 | / |
| Amwendes | 75 | 8 | / |
| Gamwende | 75 | 6 | / |
| Hamwinde | 75 | 4 | / |
| Gamuenda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hamwindi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chambendi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Haamwindi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Anwnda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambende | 67 | 2,211 | / |
| Ambinda | 67 | 126 | / |
| Omwendo | 67 | 114 | / |
| Ombenda | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ambendi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omwendi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omwende | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chamuhinda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omwinda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onwenda | 67 | 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
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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 Hamwenda
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