Londwe Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Londwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Londwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Zambia311:511,28822,588
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Londwe Last Name Facts

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

Londwe is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Londwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Londwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Londwe is the 1,478,479th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Londwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Londwe live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Londwe is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 22 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Londhwe921/
Londwa83821/
Lundwe83344/
Landwe832/
Landwer77231/
Landweh772/
Landwei772/
Hlondwa771/
Lyondwa771/
Londway770/
Landw730/
Landweer71135/
Landwher7142/
Landweht712/
Landwehe711/
Landwesr710/
Landue6739/
Lundve6726/
Lontue6719/
Lundwa677/
Landve675/
Landwa674/
Lontwa671/
Lumdwe671/
Landweher671/
Londby671/
Landwheat670/
Landbe670/

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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 Londwe
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