Sundwe Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Sundwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Zambia | 16 | 1:990,620 | 29,787 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Sundwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sundwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sundwe is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sundwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sundwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sundwe is the 940,398th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Sundwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sundwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Sundwe is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Outside of Malawi Sundwe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 6 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundwa | 83 | 335 | / |
| Sundve | 83 | 143 | / |
| Suntwe | 83 | 119 | / |
| Sondwe | 83 | 63 | / |
| Sundue | 83 | 31 | / |
| Sundwi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Shondwe | 77 | 40 | / |
| Sundbøe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Chundwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shindwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Soundue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ceundwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sunduhei | 71 | 34 | / |
| Sheundwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sundby | 67 | 2,896 | / |
| Sundui | 67 | 1,359 | / |
| Sontwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Zondwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sondwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Juntwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sundva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saundby | 62 | 7 | / |
| Shindve | 62 | 4 | / |
| Shondwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sunduay | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sundvay | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sundboy | 62 | 1 | / |
| Chundue | 62 | 1 | / |
| Djunduet | 57 | 2 | / |
| Sundvist | 57 | 1 | / |
| Shauntue | 57 | 1 | / |
| Zundui | 50 | 2,271 | / |
| Sontwa | 50 | 66 | / |
| Zondwa | 50 | 44 | / |
| Suntui | 50 | 16 | / |
| Jundui | 50 | 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 Sundwe
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