Kumwende Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kumwende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kumwende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Kumwende Last Name Facts

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

Kumwende occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kumwende? popularity and diffusion

Kumwende is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Kumwende occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumwende reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 75 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent reside and Harare Province, where 8 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe Kumwende occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kumwenda8898,342/
Kimwende8866/
Komwende881/
Kumwendi881/
Kumweenda828/
Kummwenda824/
Kumwennda822/
Khimwende821/
Kumwwenda821/
Kumwnda802/
Khumwindee781/
Kumuenda75295/
Komwenda758/
Kunwenda751/
Kimwendi751/
Komuhende712/
Quimuende711/
Khunwenda711/
Kumuhenda711/
Kumbindi6316/

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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 Kumwende
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