Mwandwe Surname
Approximately 14,523 people bear this surname
Mwandwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 13,689 | 1:5,397 | 622 |
| Zambia | 819 | 1:19,353 | 2,153 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwandwe (629) may also be a first name.
Mwandwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwandwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwandwe is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwandwe? popularity and diffusion
Mwandwe is the 36,321st most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 501,793 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwandwe live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mwandwe is also the 332,048th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 629 people.
The surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 13,689 people, or 1 in 5,397. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 6 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mwandwe
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