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 surname Mwende occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwende? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,781st most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 87,276 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwende are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 35,667th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 21,629 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 81,107 people, or 1 in 569. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 22 percent are found, Machakos County, where 14 percent are found and Makueni County, where 13 percent are found. Other than Kenya Mwende exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Mwende Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mwende last name is chiefly 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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