Mvende Surname

959,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mvende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mvende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1521:348,30025,719
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Cameroon371:561,32643,620
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mvende (17) may also be a first name.

Mvende Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mvende is found most in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mvende? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 959,117th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mvende live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 17 people.

This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 348,300. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 79 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Mvende is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mvhende921/
Mvande83252/
Mvonde83140/
Mvenda83100/
Mvendi834/
Nvende832/
Mvinde832/
Mveinda7713/
Mvandeu7711/
Mvindie772/
Mbhende771/
Mbeindje7124/
Mwetende716/
Nveindea712/
Mbeundeu712/
Mwisende711/
Mwande67927/
Mvindi67480/
Mvondi67366/
Mvinda67205/
Mvandi6722/
Mwaitende674/
Mwonde673/
Nvonde671/
Nvenda671/

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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 Mvende
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