Sondwe Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Sondwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sondwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sondwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sondwe is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sondwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Sondwe are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Sondwe is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 143,048. In Papua New Guinea Sondwe is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shondwe | 92 | 40 | / |
| Sandwe | 83 | 1,784 | / |
| Sundwe | 83 | 279 | / |
| Sontwe | 83 | 21 | / |
| Zondwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Sondwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jondwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sondwechd | 80 | 0 | / |
| Chondwe | 77 | 74 | / |
| Scondue | 77 | 8 | / |
| Shendwe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Shondwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sandwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shandwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soundue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sandw | 73 | 5 | / |
| Sandhwee | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sandwehr | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sandweis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Choondwe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sandwher | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sandve | 67 | 620 | / |
| Sundwa | 67 | 335 | / |
| Sundve | 67 | 143 | / |
| Suntwe | 67 | 119 | / |
| Sontwa | 67 | 66 | / |
| Zondwa | 67 | 44 | / |
| Sundue | 67 | 31 | / |
| Candwe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Sandwa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Sandue | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sundwi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sandwi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sandhw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Santwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sondby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samdwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sandbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shandw | 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 Sondwe
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