Pondwa Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Pondwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 148 | 1:104,312 | 14,575 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pondwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pondwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pondwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pondwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,290,735th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Pondwa reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 104,312. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 44 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 38 percent are found and Harare Province, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe Pondwa exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Pondwa
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