Mawede Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mawede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Mawede (13) may also be a first name.
Mawede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mawede is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawede? popularity and diffusion
Mawede is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawede are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mawede is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name Mawede is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 13,013,093. In Uganda it is most common in: Kasese District, where 33 percent live, Mayuge District, where 33 percent live and Mbarara District, where 33 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent live and South Africa, where 22 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 Mawede
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