Mwende Surname
Approximately 83,500 people bear this surname
Mwende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 81,107 | 1:569 | 79 |
| Tanzania | 783 | 1:67,614 | 7,129 |
| Uganda | 710 | 1:54,985 | 6,507 |
| DR Congo | 664 | 1:111,264 | 12,279 |
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Mwende (21,629) may also be a first name.
Mwende Demographics
Mwende Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwende is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwende? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,781st most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 87,276 people. The last name Mwende is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwende live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 35,667th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 21,629 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 81,107 people, or 1 in 569. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kitui County, where 22 percent live, Machakos County, where 14 percent live and Makueni County, where 13 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Mwende Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweende | 92 | 8 | / |
| Mwendee | 92 | 3 | / |
| Mwendeh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mwendea | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mwwende | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwendie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwendhe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwendei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwendde | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mmwende | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwenda | 83 | 151,973 | / |
| Mwinde | 83 | 5,449 | / |
| Mwendi | 83 | 4,395 | / |
| Mbende | 83 | 3,897 | / |
| Muende | 83 | 2,540 | / |
| Mwendy | 83 | 36 | / |
| Mwndie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwndes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwendahei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muendet | 77 | 1,589 | / |
| Mweenda | 77 | 1,063 | / |
| Mwendoi | 77 | 132 | / |
| Mwendaa | 77 | 118 | / |
| Muender | 77 | 69 | / |
| Mouende | 77 | 47 | / |
| Mwindej | 77 | 21 | / |
| Muendej | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mwenday | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mwemndi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mmwenda | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mwendai | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mbendeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mweendi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Muendee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mbeende | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muendez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwennda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwendui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwiendi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwnda | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwndi | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Mwenda | 71 | 217 | / |
| Muendech | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mouendet | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hmuendet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mweendaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muinde | 67 | 17,900 | / |
| Muenda | 67 | 4,873 | / |
| Mwinda | 67 | 2,502 | / |
| Muendi | 67 | 2,011 | / |
| Mwindi | 67 | 772 | / |
| Mbendi | 67 | 758 | / |
| Mbinde | 67 | 369 | / |
| Muendetch | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mouhendez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hmuendech | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbendy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbendé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwemdi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwhnda | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwende
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