Kumwende Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Kumwende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Kumwende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumwende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kumwende occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumwende? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. 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.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 75 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent reside and Harare Province, where 8 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kumwenda | 88 | 98,342 | / |
| Kimwende | 88 | 66 | / |
| Komwende | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kumwendi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kumweenda | 82 | 8 | / |
| Kummwenda | 82 | 4 | / |
| Kumwennda | 82 | 2 | / |
| Khimwende | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kumwwenda | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kumwnda | 80 | 2 | / |
| Khumwindee | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kumuenda | 75 | 295 | / |
| Komwenda | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kunwenda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kimwendi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Komuhende | 71 | 2 | / |
| Quimuende | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khunwenda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumuhenda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kumbindi | 63 | 16 | / |
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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 Kumwende
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