Mwichande Surname

161,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwichande Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mwichande Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,6741:19,7992,516
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mwichande (603) may also be a first name.

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Mwichande Demographics

Mwichande Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Mwichande Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mwichande Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mwichande is most common in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwichande? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mwichande is the 161,068th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,694,102 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwichande live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 340,376th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 603 people.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,674 people, or 1 in 19,799. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 33 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 28 percent live and Pwani Region, where 18 percent live. Other than Tanzania Mwichande is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Mwichande Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Mwichande earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.05% less than the national average, earning R 75,924 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwaichande951/
Mwechande895/
Mwichandi891/
Mwisandje784/
Mwechandi781/
Mwisandi7134/
Muisandie6789/
Muaijande671/
Muisandje671/
Muisandi5968/

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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 Mwichande
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