Mkando Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Mkando Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 178 | 1:259,438 | 17,397 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mkando (12) may also be a first name.
Mkando Demographics
Mkando Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mkando Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkando Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkando occurs most in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mkando.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkando? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 739,868th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkando reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name globally, held by 12 people.
The surname Mkando is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 259,438. In Kenya Mkando is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 99 percent are found, Kwale County, where 1 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 40 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 12 percent are found.
Mkando Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkandoo | 92 | 125 | / |
| Mkhando | 92 | 11 | / |
| Mkandho | 92 | 1 | / |
| M'Kando | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mkandoa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mkanda | 83 | 8,025 | / |
| Mkondo | 83 | 2,028 | / |
| Mqando | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mkhondo | 77 | 5,178 | / |
| Mkondoa | 77 | 308 | / |
| Mkhanda | 77 | 104 | / |
| Mkondoo | 77 | 59 | / |
| Mkandah | 77 | 34 | / |
| Mkandha | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mkgondo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mkandaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mccando | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mhkondo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkaunda | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Kanda | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Kondo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mkatenda | 71 | 94 | / |
| Mhkhanda | 71 | 1 | / |
| M'Ckanda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mkonda | 67 | 6,598 | / |
| Mqanda | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mqondo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mkhonda | 62 | 64 | / |
| Mkondah | 62 | 5 | / |
| Mkhomdo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mgcondo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mccanda | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mkoinda | 62 | 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 Mkando
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