Ndowa Surname

116,792nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,945 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ndowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,9511:7,913915
DR Congo1,4431:51,1996,180
Tanzania4591:115,34111,071
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
England61:9,286,343223,652
Congo51:997,81917,129
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Ndowa (434) may also be a first name.

Ndowa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndowa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ndowa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndowa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 116,792nd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,847,287 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ndowa reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ndowa is also the 411,730th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 434 people.

The surname Ndowa is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,951 people, or 1 in 7,913. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 35 percent live, Harare Province, where 18 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent live and Tanzania, where 12 percent live.

Ndowa Last Name Statistics demography

Ndowa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.49% less than the national average, earning R 127,152 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
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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 Ndowa
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