Musendo Surname
Approximately 1,668 people bear this surname
Musendo Surname Definition:
Musendo is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a person that has to be carried.
Musendo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,314 | 1:11,749 | 1,529 |
| Zambia | 188 | 1:84,308 | 7,077 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Musendo (54) may also be a first name.
Musendo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Musendo is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a person that has to be carried.
Musendo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Musendo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Musendo is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Musendo.
How Common Is The Last Name Musendo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 239,952nd most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,369,032 people. The surname Musendo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Musendo are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Musendo is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name in the world, held by 54 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,314 people, or 1 in 11,749. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 35 percent live, Harare Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
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Footnotes
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