Hwande Surname
Approximately 2,076 people bear this surname
Hwande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,369 | 1:129,396 | 8,441 |
| Zimbabwe | 688 | 1:22,439 | 3,381 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Hwande (105) may also be a first name.
Hwande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hwande is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwande? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hwande is the 200,920th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,510,379 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hwande are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hwande is also the 920,134th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 105 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,369 people, or 1 in 129,396. In Nigeria Hwande is mostly found in: Benue, where 91 percent are found, Taraba, where 4 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Hwande
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