Mwambande Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Mwambande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 315 | 1:168,069 | 14,835 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mwambande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwambande Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwambande occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mwambande click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwambande? popularity and diffusion
It is the 669,375th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambande reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Mwambande is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 168,069. In Tanzania Mwambande is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 69 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 29 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mwambande
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