Ngondwe Surname

614,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ngondwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngondwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda4581:85,2398,982
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ngondwe (13) may also be a first name.

Ngondwe Last Name Facts

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

Ngondwe is most common in Uganda. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngondwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 614,324th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngondwe live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.

The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 85,239. In Uganda Ngondwe is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 19 percent are found, Kampala District, where 11 percent are found and Mubende District, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nggondwe931/
Ngandwe8634,703/
Ngondwa8657/
Ngondwi861/
Ngundwe861/
Ng'andwe8010,211/
Nghandwe807,566/
N'Gandwe80220/
Nga'ndwe8085/
Nghendwe8021/
Ngoundue805/
Ngand'we801/
Nganndwe801/
Ngaandwe801/
Nhgandwe801/
Ngandw771/
Nghanndwe751/
Ngondhoue751/
Ng'anndwe751/
N'G'andwe751/
Ngundue7182/
Ngandwa7169/
Ngandue7143/
Ngundwa715/
Ngondui711/
Ngantwe711/
Ng'andwa672/
Nghandwa671/
Nga'ndwa671/
Ng'andwd671/
Ng'handwa634/
Ngundui571/
Ngandui571/
Ngantue571/

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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 Ngondwe
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