Governder Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Governder Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Governder Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Governder Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Governder is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Governder? popularity and diffusion
The surname Governder is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Governder occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Governder live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Governder is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 50 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overender | 89 | 2 | / |
| Governdor | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oberender | 78 | 965 | / |
| Oberänder | 78 | 4 | / |
| Cavernder | 78 | 1 | / |
| Govirndrr | 78 | 1 | / |
| Oberrender | 74 | 115 | / |
| Governatori | 70 | 1,646 | / |
| Governatore | 70 | 73 | / |
| O'Berrender | 70 | 1 | / |
| Guvernator | 63 | 48 | / |
| Kveerendra | 63 | 1 | / |
| Coughrander | 60 | 0 | / |
| Gafour Nadir | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kaufrinder | 53 | 25 | / |
| Ghafarian Derou | 50 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Governder
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