Kondwe Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kondwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kondwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia441:360,22618,771
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kondwe (13) may also be a first name.

Kondwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kondwe has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kondwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kondwe is the 1,955,159th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kondwe reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kondwe is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.

The last name Kondwe is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 360,226. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 48 percent live, Luapula Province, where 34 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Zambia Kondwe occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khondwe9232/
Khonndwe861/
Kundwe83503/
Kandwe83159/
Kondwa8339/
Condwe8318/
Kondve832/
Kontwe831/
Khandwe77165/
Kandhwe7734/
Khondwa772/
Kaandwe771/
Kondoue771/
Keundwe771/
Khondve771/
Kahndwe771/
Condw732/
Kandw731/
Khonduea7152/
Katendwe7123/
Kandhwey7118/
Kahandwe711/
Condwa6757/
Kundwa6741/
Kassendwe6729/
Candwe6727/
Kondui6712/
Kandwa6710/
Kantwe677/
Kandwi676/
Kandue674/
Qandwe674/
Kundue671/
Kuntwe671/
Kontwa671/
Kondva671/
Kandve671/

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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 Kondwe
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