Mwendelwa Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Mwendelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| Zambia | 60 | 1:264,165 | 15,663 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwendelwa (48) may also be a first name.
Mwendelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwendelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwendelwa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mwendelwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwendelwa? popularity and diffusion
Mwendelwa is the 935,326th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name Mwendelwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwendelwa are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 48 people.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 337,350. Outside of The DR Congo it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 21 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mwendelwa
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