Mahande Surname
Approximately 1,049 people bear this surname
Mahande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 781 | 1:67,787 | 7,147 |
| Uganda | 126 | 1:309,836 | 21,278 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Mahande (291) may also be a first name.
Mahande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahande Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahande (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻨﺾ, Hindi: महन्दे, Marathi: महांदे) is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahande? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 348,286th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 6,947,136 people. The surname Mahande is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Mahande reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mahande is also the 517,703rd most frequently held given name globally, borne by 291 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 781 people, or 1 in 67,787. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 30 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 29 percent reside and Geita Region, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahande Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahande in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻨﺾ | mhnd | 87.5 |
| ﻣﺨﻨﺾ | mkhnd | 12.5 |
| Mahande in the Marathi language | ||
| महांदे | mahande | 83.33 |
| महंदे | mahande | 5.56 |
| मिहन्डे | mihande | 3.7 |
| महांडे | mahande | 3.7 |
| मरांदे | marande | 3.7 |
| Mahande in the Hindi language | ||
| महन्दे | mahande | 71.43 |
| महान्दे | mahande | 14.29 |
| महंदी | mahandi | 14.29 |
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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 Mahande
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