Muwanda Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Muwanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Zambia | 52 | 1:304,806 | 17,055 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Muwanda (13) may also be a first name.
Muwanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muwanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muwanda is found most frequently in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muwanda? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muwanda is the 1,038,570th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. Muwanda occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Muwanda are found; 34 percent are found in Southern Africa and 34 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Muwanda is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 13 people.
This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 487,991. In Uganda Muwanda is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 31 percent live, Kampala District, where 20 percent live and Lwengo District, where 9 percent live. Aside from Uganda it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 31 percent live and Zambia, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhwanda | 93 | 44 | / |
| Muwhanda | 93 | 2 | / |
| Muwaanda | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mauwanda | 93 | 1 | / |
| Muchwanda | 88 | 2 | / |
| Mubanda | 86 | 2,016 | / |
| Muwandi | 86 | 945 | / |
| Muwando | 86 | 579 | / |
| Miwanda | 86 | 338 | / |
| Muwonda | 86 | 140 | / |
| Mowanda | 86 | 42 | / |
| Muwande | 86 | 29 | / |
| Muvanda | 86 | 14 | / |
| Mubhanda | 80 | 20 | / |
| Moubanda | 80 | 9 | / |
| Muswandy | 80 | 6 | / |
| Muhwandi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Muwandhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muibanda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mubaanda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muvhanda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muwandie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muwhande | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muswamda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mubonda | 71 | 579 | / |
| Muvandi | 71 | 268 | / |
| Mubande | 71 | 265 | / |
| Mubandi | 71 | 174 | / |
| Muwonde | 71 | 120 | / |
| Miwando | 71 | 75 | / |
| Muvenda | 71 | 63 | / |
| Mubando | 71 | 51 | / |
| Muwondi | 71 | 41 | / |
| Mowandi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Muvonda | 71 | 10 | / |
| Muwondo | 71 | 10 | / |
| Muvando | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mowande | 71 | 1 | / |
| Musuandi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mubhando | 67 | 7 | / |
| Muvhenda | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mowuande | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muwomnde | 67 | 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 Muwanda
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