Mkendwa Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Mkendwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 69 | 1:767,270 | 42,064 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mkendwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkendwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkendwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkendwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mkendwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 767,270. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 94 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Mkendwa is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 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
- 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 Mkendwa
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