Mwandeka Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwandeka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwandeka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1881:245,63816,864
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mwandeka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwandeka has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Mwandeka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwandeka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwandeka is the 1,121,821st most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname Mwandeka is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwandeka live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Mwandeka is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 245,638. In Kenya Mwandeka is primarily found in: Kwale County, where 100 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Mwandeka Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mwandeka surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwasendeka8910/
Mwandeko88211/
Mwandika88158/
Mwandeke88139/
Mbandeka88100/
Mwandeki8856/
Mwandaka882/
Mwaundika821/
Mwaandika821/
Mwandakau821/
Mwandiki752,495/
Mwandike75407/
Mwandiko75112/
Mbandeko7564/
Mwondoka7544/
Muandeke7541/
Mwandoko7527/
Mbandika7525/
Mbondeka751/
Mwandiche714/
Muandiko6350/
Mbandiko631/
Mbondeko631/
Mbondeke631/
Muhandiki59462/
Muhandiko5927/
Mwandichi595/
Muhandike591/
Muhandikyi562/
Mbondike501/

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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 Mwandeka
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