Kumwenda Surname

5,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98,342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kumwenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kumwenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi71,1291:24116
Zambia25,9591:61178
Zimbabwe4471:34,5375,321
Tanzania3051:173,57915,177
South Africa2751:197,01021,210
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
England521:1,071,50151,923
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Swaziland91:144,244719
Norway81:642,78647,258
Iceland61:63,3484,218
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
China21:683,660,78330,601
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Kumwenda (110) may also be a first name.

Kumwenda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kumwenda Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kumwenda is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kumwenda? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kumwenda is the 5,740th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 74,104 people. The surname Kumwenda is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumwenda are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kumwenda is also the 895,203rd most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 110 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 71,129 people, or 1 in 241. Not including Malawi this surname is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Kumwenda Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kumwenda surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kumwenda earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.6% less than the national average, earning 240,164 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 41.36% more than the national average, earning R 335,916 per year and in United States they earn 14.36% less than the national average, earning $36,953 USD per year.

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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 Kumwenda
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