Witende Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Witende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya621:744,83730,879
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Witende Last Name Facts

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

The last name Witende is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witende? popularity and diffusion

Witende is the 2,273,756th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Witende live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 744,837. In Kenya Witende is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside. Barring Kenya Witende exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Witende Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Witende last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waitende931/
Withende931/
Whitendes880/
Wetende861,092/
Bitende86155/
Wutende861/
Vitende861/
Waitenda801/
Wetender801/
Wetennde801/
Boitende801/
Wehtende800/
Bitnde771/
Westender750/
Wetinde7142/
Betende7135/
Witindi718/
Bitendi714/
Bitinde712/
Vetende711/
Waitindi6721/
Vaitinde6720/
Wuetinde671/
Vitiendi671/
Wetindi57231/
Bitindi5715/
Betendi572/
Vetinde571/
Bitinday531/
Vaytinde531/
Houetinde503/

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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 Witende
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