Mukwende Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mukwende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mukwende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2961:52,1567,938
Zambia341:466,17421,520
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
England101:5,571,806158,774
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mukwende (16) may also be a first name.

Mukwende Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mukwende Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mukwende occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mukwende? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 737,137th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mukwende reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 16 people.

The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 52,156. In Zimbabwe Mukwende is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 24 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent are found and Harare Province, where 17 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mukwendje94146/
Mukwenda881,386/
Mukuende88356/
Mukwendi88137/
Mugwende8830/
Mokwende881/
Mukweenda824/
Mukuenda75178/
Mukwinda75132/
Mukwindi7510/
Mokwenda757/
Mogwende751/
Mugwenda751/
Muquendi639/
Mokwinda636/
Mugwindi636/
Muquenda631/
Mokwindi631/
Mucuenda631/
Mugwinda631/
Mungwindi5933/
Muquinda501,578/

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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 Mukwende
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