Mwatenda Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Mwatenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 58 | 1:266,177 | 28,032 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mwatenda (26) may also be a first name.
Mwatenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwatenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwatenda is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mwatenda.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwatenda? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,483,783rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwatenda reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwatenda is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 26 people.
The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 266,177. In Zimbabwe Mwatenda is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 97 percent reside, Matabeleland South Province, where 2 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 2 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 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 Mwatenda
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