Kandonga Surname

41,414th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,608 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kandonga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandonga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania11,0521:4,790648
Malawi1,1241:15,2312,380
Namibia2321:10,3851,979
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Zambia461:344,56418,269
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220

Kandonga (184) may also be a first name.

Kandonga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kandonga has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandonga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 41,414th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 578,010 people. The last name Kandonga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kandonga live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 671,014th most frequent given name globally, held by 184 people.

Kandonga is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 11,052 people, or 1 in 4,790. In Tanzania Kandonga is primarily found in: Songwe Region, where 63 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 30 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 9 percent are found and Namibia, where 2 percent are found.

Kandonga Last Name Statistics demography

Kandonga earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning R 223,548 per year.

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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 Kandonga
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