Gondwa Surname

483,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 689 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Gondwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gondwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6541:26,1763,951
Zimbabwe281:551,36643,741
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Gondwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gondwa occurs most in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gondwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gondwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 483,143rd most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 10,576,990 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gondwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Gondwa is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 654 people, or 1 in 26,176. Beside Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gondwad9212/
Gondhwad861/
Gondwe83153,349/
Gundwa8364/
Gondua8350/
Gandwa838/
Ngandwa7769/
Gundwad7717/
Gondvad777/
Ngondua775/
Ngundwa775/
Gonndua773/
Ngondwi771/
Gondhwe771/
Gondhua771/
Ggondwe771/
Gandwaid714/
Ng'andwa712/
Ghandwai711/
Nggondwe711/
Nga'ndwa711/
Gundua672,090/
Gandua67104/
Gandwe6768/
Gundva6723/
Gomdwe674/
Gondue672/
Gundwe672/
Gandwi672/
Gontua671/
Gonduo671/
Gondvi671/
Gondbe671/

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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 Gondwa
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