Gowdi Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Gowdi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowdi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1161:6,612,633149,434
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Gowdi (32) may also be a first name.

Gowdi Last Name Facts

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

Gowdi occurs most in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gowdi.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowdi? popularity and diffusion

Gowdi is the 1,683,218th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Gowdi occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Gowdi live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Gowdi is also the 1,840,253rd most common first name globally It is held by 32 people.

The surname Gowdi is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 6,612,633. In India Gowdi is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 66 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 34 percent are found. Beside India it exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowdie91530/
Gowdai911/
Gowdgai831/
Gowda8029,128/
Gowdy804,119/
Gawdi80100/
Govdi8074/
Gowde8029/
Gobdi807/
Gowdey73170/
Govdiy7310/
Gowdaa739/
Gowday738/
Goufdi738/
Gawdis736/
Goowda733/
Govdei733/
Goubdi733/
Gawdei731/
Govdis731/
Gowdet731/
Gawdai731/
Gowdha731/
Gowdea731/
Gouwda731/
Gawdhi731/
Gowdee730/
Gawdie730/
Govdish678/
Ngowdee671/
Goufdai671/

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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 Gowdi
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