Kandindi Surname

609,992nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 507 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kandindi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandindi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Kandindi (63) may also be a first name.

Kandindi Last Name Facts

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

Kandindi occurs most in Malawi. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandindi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 609,992nd most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,373,858 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kandindi reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kandindi is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 63 people.

The last name Kandindi is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Beside Malawi this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kandinda88742/
Kandendi88390/
Kandinde883/
Kandende751,192/
Kandenda75101/
Candinda754/
Candinde753/
Kondinde751/
Kanduunde712/
Kongyindi711/
Kandeende711/
Kaindiende671/
Katendende671/
Kondenda6362/
Candende633/
Qandende631/
Koundenda594/
Kongyindee561/
Kamdende50420/

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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 Kandindi
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