Namwendo Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Namwendo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 336 | 1:47,172 | 4,511 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Namwendo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namwendo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namwendo occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namwendo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 589,215th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,750,087 people. Namwendo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwendo are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 47,172. In Zambia Namwendo is primarily found in: Muchinga Province, where 64 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent are found and Central Province, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 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 Namwendo
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