Nkundwa Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nkundwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkundwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda781:500,50428,682
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Zambia431:368,60319,020
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
France71:9,488,960336,266
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Nkundwa (37) may also be a first name.

Nkundwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkundwa is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nkundwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkundwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nkundwa is the 1,144,405th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname Nkundwa is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nkundwa live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nkundwa is also the 1,688,769th most common first name internationally, held by 37 people.

The last name Nkundwa is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 500,504. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kisoro District, where 24 percent are found, Mukono District, where 12 percent are found and Mubende District, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Zambia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkuundwa933/
Nkundwoha887/
Nkundwe86713/
Nkondwa86123/
Nkuntwa861/
Nkundhwe801/
Nkondwe7141/
Nkondua714/
Nkuntua711/
Nkondwi711/
Nkontwe574/
Nkontwi571/

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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 Nkundwa
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