Kwendo Surname
Approximately 2,001 people bear this surname
Kwendo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,892 | 1:24,408 | 2,760 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Zambia | 16 | 1:990,620 | 29,787 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kwendo (183) may also be a first name.
Kwendo Demographics
Kwendo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwendo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwendo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwendo occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwendo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 206,971st most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,641,952 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwendo reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kwendo is also the 673,127th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 183 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,892 people, or 1 in 24,408. In Kenya Kwendo is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 44 percent live, Nairobi County, where 17 percent live and Kakamega County, where 15 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Kwendo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kwendo last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwendou | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nkwendou | 86 | 12 | / |
| Kwuendou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwenda | 83 | 17,600 | / |
| Qwendo | 83 | 602 | / |
| Gwendo | 83 | 297 | / |
| Kwindo | 83 | 22 | / |
| Kuendo | 83 | 22 | / |
| Kwendah | 77 | 133 | / |
| Kweenda | 77 | 129 | / |
| Kwindou | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kwendeu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kuendoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khwenda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwendha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwuenda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwendau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwemnda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwnda | 73 | 1 | / |
| Qwndo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwendoh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kwehenda | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kouendou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ng'wendo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kouhendo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwuindou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kwinda | 67 | 7,413 | / |
| Kuenda | 67 | 1,089 | / |
| Gwenda | 67 | 583 | / |
| Gbendo | 67 | 227 | / |
| Quendo | 67 | 151 | / |
| Cwenda | 67 | 32 | / |
| Guendo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gwindo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Qwenda | 67 | 7 | / |
| Cuendo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nkwnda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuindo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kwendo
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