Gondwe Surname

3,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153,349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Gondwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gondwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi126,8081:1358
Zambia22,4431:70693
Tanzania2,0221:26,1833,175
Zimbabwe9281:16,6362,434
South Africa6201:87,38310,740
England1321:422,10728,563
Swaziland1011:12,853583
United States731:4,965,191254,179
Botswana721:30,3746,067
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Iceland181:21,1161,735
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Wales81:386,81619,671
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Gondwe (257) may also be a first name.

Gondwe Last Name Facts

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

Gondwe is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gondwe? popularity and diffusion

Gondwe is the 3,664th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 47,523 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gondwe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gondwe is also the 555,528th most numerous first name globally, borne by 257 people.

This surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 126,808 people, or 1 in 135. Excluding Malawi it exists in 40 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 15 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.

Gondwe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gondwe last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Gondwe earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 3.86% more than the national average, earning R 246,816 per year; in United States they earn 23.99% less than the national average, earning $32,796 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.54% more than the national average, earning $55,914 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ggondwe921/
Gondhwe921/
Gondw911/
Nggondwe861/
Gondwa83689/
Gandwe8368/
Gomdwe834/
Gundwe832/
Gondue832/
Gondbe831/
Gondoue77863/
Ngondwi771/
Ngundwe771/
G'Andwe771/
Gondveer7111/
Ngoundue715/
Ngaandwe711/
Gasindwe711/
Nhgandwe711/
Ngand'we711/
Nganndwe711/
Gundwa6764/
Gandue679/
Gandwa678/
Gandbe677/
Gandwi672/
Gandve672/
Gundve671/
Nghanndwe671/
Ng'anndwe671/
N'G'andwe671/
Gondvi671/
Gundue671/

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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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  • 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 Gondwe
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