Gongwe Surname
Approximately 584 people bear this surname
Gongwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Tanzania | 200 | 1:264,708 | 21,070 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gongwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gongwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gongwe is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongwe? popularity and diffusion
Gongwe is the 547,713th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gongwe reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Gongwe is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 34 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gongwer | 92 | 381 | / |
| Gongwei | 92 | 20 | / |
| Gongw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gongweha | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ngongweh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngoungwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gongbe | 83 | 1,049 | / |
| Gongue | 83 | 392 | / |
| Gongwa | 83 | 224 | / |
| Gungwe | 83 | 34 | / |
| Gangwe | 83 | 31 | / |
| Goncwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goungbe | 77 | 158 | / |
| Gangwes | 77 | 26 | / |
| Gongbeh | 77 | 24 | / |
| Gungwet | 77 | 21 | / |
| Ngungwe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Gongque | 77 | 8 | / |
| Gongbei | 77 | 8 | / |
| Gangwei | 77 | 7 | / |
| Gongbee | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ghongbe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gongway | 77 | 4 | / |
| Goungue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gongoue | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kgongwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gonqwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gongbey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gangkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gongueh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gongbea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgonkwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonhgbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ghangwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ghungwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ghongue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonguea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nghungwe | 71 | 299 | / |
| Ng'angwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gangweer | 71 | 3 | / |
| Goungoue | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gosinkwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nganggwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nghangwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngounkwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gongbeeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ng'ungwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gusingwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gangwehr | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gongwich | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gangue | 67 | 2,919 | / |
| Gangbe | 67 | 1,748 | / |
| Gangwa | 67 | 192 | / |
| Ngong'wai | 67 | 129 | / |
| Gungwa | 67 | 117 | / |
| Gongui | 67 | 50 | / |
| Gangve | 67 | 50 | / |
| Gongua | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gankwe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gungue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gaangw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nghonkweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gungbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngong'way | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gongwe
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