Makwende Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Makwende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Zimbabwe | 129 | 1:119,676 | 16,190 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Makwende (34) may also be a first name.
Makwende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwende Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makwende is most common in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwende? popularity and diffusion
The surname Makwende is the 796,486th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makwende are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Makwende is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 34 people.
It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Other than The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makwenda | 88 | 2,877 | / |
| Makuende | 88 | 154 | / |
| Magwende | 88 | 74 | / |
| Macwende | 88 | 3 | / |
| Maqwende | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mokwende | 88 | 1 | / |
| Makouende | 82 | 116 | / |
| Mankuende | 82 | 1 | / |
| M'Macwende | 78 | 1 | / |
| Makwindi | 75 | 594 | / |
| Makuenda | 75 | 214 | / |
| Makuendi | 75 | 157 | / |
| Magbende | 75 | 27 | / |
| Makwinda | 75 | 13 | / |
| Mokwenda | 75 | 7 | / |
| MacWendy | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mogwende | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maquende | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maguende | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mongwende | 71 | 82 | / |
| Magouende | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maiguende | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makkuenda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makouendi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Magwindi | 63 | 36 | / |
| Mokwinda | 63 | 6 | / |
| Mogbende | 63 | 4 | / |
| Macuenda | 63 | 1 | / |
| Moguende | 63 | 1 | / |
| Magbinde | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maguinde | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mekuinde | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mokwindi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Moncuende | 59 | 1 | / |
| Maguindi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Maquindy | 50 | 1 | / |
| Maguindy | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Makwende
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