Mwandoro Surname

250,267th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mwandoro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwandoro Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,2921:35,7433,858
Tanzania2761:191,81716,484
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
England11:55,718,059489,080
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mwandoro (243) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Mwandoro Demographics

Mwandoro Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 17 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mwandoro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwandoro is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwandoro? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 250,267th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,597,821 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwandoro live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 573,164th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 243 people.

This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,292 people, or 1 in 35,743. In Kenya Mwandoro is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 49 percent live, Kwale County, where 31 percent live and Mombasa County, where 15 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Mwandoro Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Mwandoro surname is principally Christian (53%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwandooro945/
Mwandaro88292/
Mvandoro881/
Mwandura75255/
Mwandara75145/
Mwandera7514/
Mwondora751/
Mwandurah7111/
Mbandara638/
Muandura631/
Muhandura592/
Mhbandara591/
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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 Mwandoro
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