Hwende Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Hwende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 336 | 1:45,947 | 7,059 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hwende (19) may also be a first name.
Hwende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hwende occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hwende click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwende? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 818,364th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hwende live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Hwende is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 19 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 45,947. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 37 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 21 percent live and Harare Province, where 15 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and Namibia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Hwende
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