Ondowa Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Ondowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ondowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ondowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ondowa is most common in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ondowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Ondowa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ondowa are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Ondowa is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 830,623. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Tororo District, where 64 percent are found, Kampala District, where 15 percent are found and Bugiri District, where 2 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hondowa | 92 | 24 | / |
| Gondowa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Ondowai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ondouwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ondoowa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ondow | 91 | 19 | / |
| Hondowai | 86 | 17 | / |
| Gondowai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hondohwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Andowa | 83 | 331 | / |
| Endowa | 83 | 125 | / |
| Hondow | 83 | 114 | / |
| Ontowa | 83 | 43 | / |
| Ondova | 83 | 20 | / |
| Ondoba | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ondawa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gondow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hondova | 77 | 168 | / |
| Gondova | 77 | 107 | / |
| Andouwa | 77 | 13 | / |
| Endowai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Hondoba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onduoua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hondowo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ondovas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Handowa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gandowa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hondawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Anndowa | 77 | 0 | / |
| Andow | 73 | 752 | / |
| Ondov | 73 | 139 | / |
| Undow | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ondof | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ondab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ondob | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ondaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Atindowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goundawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gonddova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ondobo | 67 | 5,152 | / |
| Andawa | 67 | 895 | / |
| Andova | 67 | 737 | / |
| Ond | 67 | 703 | / |
| Ondová | 67 | 542 | / |
| Handow | 67 | 75 | / |
| Andoba | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ondafe | 67 | 60 | / |
| Gondov | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ondaba | 67 | 45 | / |
| Antowa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Undawa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Untowa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Andowo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Endawa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Undowo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hundow | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ondabo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gondaf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Andhow | 67 | 3 | / |
| Undova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Endova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hondav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hondof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Undoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ondawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hondov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houndowou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ondowa
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