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
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.
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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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