Tandwe Surname

242,121st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Tandwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tandwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,5161:11,2921,733
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Zambia321:495,31022,215
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tandwe (34) may also be a first name.

Tandwe Last Name Facts

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

Tandwe is most common in Malawi. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tandwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 242,121st most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,419,373 people. The surname Tandwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tandwe are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 34 people.

The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,516 people, or 1 in 11,292. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tondwe83257/
Tandwa83239/
Tandwi8334/
Tantwe834/
Tandue832/
Tandbe831/
Tantwee7716/
Tantwey774/
Thondwe774/
Tanthwe771/
Tandoue771/
Tandwai771/
Taundwa771/
Taindwa771/
Thanthwe71105/
Teandoue713/
Tondwa67216/
Tantwa6791/
Tantue6763/
Tandui6715/
Tandby674/
Tantwy671/
Tôndwa671/
Tandva671/
Tanduay624/
Tanduis621/
Tonduer621/
Toundoue571/
Theinhtwe531/
Tantui50158/
Tomdue501/
Tamtue501/

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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
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  • 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 Tandwe
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