Lwanda Surname

100,221st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,715 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lwanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,0391:8,3961,286
Tanzania1,1641:45,4825,130
Zambia7541:21,0212,301
DR Congo6361:116,16312,690
Zimbabwe391:395,85235,770
Kenya341:1,358,23235,498
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
England101:5,571,806158,774
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lwanda (822) may also be a first name.

Lwanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lwanda is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwanda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 100,221st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,545,609 people. The last name Lwanda is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lwanda live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lwanda is also the 285,014th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 822 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 2,039 people, or 1 in 8,396. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 16 percent reside.

Lwanda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Lwanda last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Lwanda earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 488.34% more than the national average, earning R 1,398,110 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lwaanda9248/
Lwandah923/
Lwandha921/
Lwanday921/
Luanda8312,478/
Lwando839,079/
Lwande83622/
Lvanda831/
Luandha778/
Luaanda775/
Lwandie774/
Lwandde771/
Lwandho771/
Luandai771/
Luando67333/
Luandi67215/
Luande67190/
Lwondi6731/
Lwondo6723/
Lvande676/
Luonda672/
Luandê671/
Luandee6233/
L'Vande626/
Luandos622/
Lwoondo621/
Luander621/
Lvhande621/
Liuandey571/
L'Vander571/
Løvander571/
Luondo5027/
Luonde5010/

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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 Lwanda
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