Mwendabai Surname
Approximately 2,955 people bear this surname
Mwendabai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,870 | 1:5,523 | 664 |
| Namibia | 81 | 1:29,746 | 4,549 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwendabai (2,926) may also be a first name.
Mwendabai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwendabai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwendabai is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwendabai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwendabai is the 149,501st most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,466,175 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwendabai live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mwendabai is also the 134,179th most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 2,926 people.
The last name Mwendabai is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 2,870 people, or 1 in 5,523. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Western Province, where 63 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live and Southern Province, where 9 percent live. Aside from Zambia Mwendabai is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 3 percent live and South Africa, 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
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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 Mwendabai
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