Pondayi Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Pondayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 294 | 1:52,511 | 7,991 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Pondayi (332) may also be a first name.
Pondayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pondayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pondayi is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pondayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 862,604th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Pondayi reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pondayi is also the 480,499th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 332 people.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 52,511. In Zimbabwe Pondayi is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 41 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 26 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Pondayi
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