Govendar Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Govendar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Govendar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Govendar (277) may also be a first name.

Govendar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Govendar (Hindi: गोविन्द्र, Marathi: गोवेन्डर) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Govendar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Govendar reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 533,704th most numerous first name globally, held by 277 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 56 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 44 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Govendar Last Name Statistics demography

Govendar earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.51% less than the national average, earning R 207,900 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Govandar8845/
Govindar8841/
Govendor8817/
Gavendar884/
Gavhendar824/
Ghevendar824/
Govindgar821/
Goivandar821/
Avendar803/
Gavandar751,036/
Gowandar752/
Gevandar752/
Gavindar751/
Gavhandar716/
Gevhandar714/
Gavandhar714/
Ovendorph710/
Gawandar63150/
Gavandor631/
Avendore630/
Avendorph595/
Ashvindar591/
Gawandhar591/
Avindor531/

Govendar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Govendar in the Hindi language
गोविन्द्रgovindra-
Govendar in the Marathi language
गोवेन्डरgovendara-

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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 Govendar
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