Muwando Surname

551,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Muwando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muwando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5011:77,9238,427
Zimbabwe751:205,84323,645
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Muwando Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muwando occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Muwando? popularity and diffusion

Muwando is the 551,387th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 12,586,435 people. The surname Muwando is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muwando live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Muwando is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 501 people, or 1 in 77,923. In Uganda Muwando is mostly found in: Manafwa District, where 66 percent live, Mbale District, where 15 percent live and Bulambuli District, where 8 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muwanda86242/
Miwando8675/
Mubando8651/
Muwondo8610/
Muvando866/
Muhwanda8044/
Mubhando807/
Muwhanda802/
Muwaanda801/
Mauwanda801/
Moubandou7511/
Muchwanda752/
Mubanda712,016/
Mubondo71438/
Miwanda71338/
Muwonda71140/
Mowondo71117/
Mowanda7142/
Muvanda7114/
Miwondo712/
Muvondo711/
Muwomdo711/
Mowoundo6753/
Mubhanda6720/
Moubanda679/
Moubondo675/
Musvondo672/
Muibanda671/
Mubhondo671/
Muvhanda671/
Muvhondo671/
Muswamda671/
Mubaanda671/
Mouvondo671/
Mowoundou631/
Mouboundou599/
Mubonda57579/
Muvenda5763/
Muvonda5710/
Muvhenda532/

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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
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  • 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 Muwando
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