Mwandembe Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Mwandembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 206 | 1:224,174 | 15,814 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mwandembe (150) may also be a first name.
Mwandembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwandembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwandembe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwandembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwandembe is the 1,125,333rd most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mwandembe live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mwandembe is also the 752,187th most common first name in the world It is held by 150 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 224,174. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Taita Taveta County, where 99 percent reside, Kajiado County, where 0 percent reside and Laikipia County, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 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 Mwandembe
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