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
Hwende is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Hwende click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwende? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hwende is the 818,364th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hwende live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 45,947. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 37 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 21 percent reside and Harare Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Hwende occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Namibia, where 0 percent reside.
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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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