Pendwe Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Pendwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 106 | 1:149,528 | 10,754 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Pendwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pendwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pendwe is found most in Zambia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pendwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pendwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,683,218th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. Pendwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pendwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 149,528. In Zambia Pendwe is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 49 percent are found, Eastern Province, where 30 percent are found and Central Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Zambia Pendwe is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Pendwe
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