Govenda Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Govenda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Govenda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Govenda (76) may also be a first name.

Govenda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Govenda (Russian: Говенда) is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Govenda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Govenda occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Govenda reside; 81 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 76 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 4,213,461. In Malaysia it is most common in: Negeri Sembilan, where 86 percent live and Selangor, where 14 percent live. Outside of Malaysia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Govenda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Govenda in the Russian language
Говендаgovenda-

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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 Govenda
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