Lwando Surname

55,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,079 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Lwando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia6,8241:2,323312
DR Congo2,2231:33,2344,147
England211:2,653,24194,788
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lwando (4,009) may also be a first name.

Lwando Last Name Facts

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

Lwando occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwando? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lwando is the 55,904th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 802,682 people. The last name Lwando occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwando reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Lwando is also the 110,274th most common given name internationally, borne by 4,009 people.

It is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 6,824 people, or 1 in 2,323. In Zambia Lwando is most common in: Luapula Province, where 46 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lwandho921/
Lwanda834,715/
Luando83333/
Lwondo8323/
Lwaanda7748/
Lwandah773/
Luandos772/
Lwandha771/
Lwoondo771/
Luanda6712,478/
Luondo6727/
Lvanda671/
Luandha628/
Luaanda625/
Luonda502/

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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 Lwando
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