Lwando Surname
Approximately 9,079 people bear this surname
Lwando Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 6,824 | 1:2,323 | 312 |
| DR Congo | 2,223 | 1:33,234 | 4,147 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
The surname Lwando occurs most in Zambia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwando? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 55,904th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 802,682 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwando reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 110,274th most widespread forename internationally It is held by 4,009 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 6,824 people, or 1 in 2,323. In Zambia Lwando is most prevalent in: Luapula Province, where 46 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Lwando
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