Mwindu Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Mwindu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 137 | 1:337,080 | 20,325 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Zambia | 63 | 1:251,586 | 15,178 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Mwindu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwindu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwindu is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwindu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwindu? popularity and diffusion
Mwindu is the 937,786th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwindu reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 337,080. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Meru County, where 64 percent reside, Tharaka Nithi County, where 36 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Zambia, where 23 percent reside.
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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 Mwindu
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