Tawanda
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tɑwɑndə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tawanda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Zimbabwe than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 79K
- USUnited States1 in 100K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Zimbabwe (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 251 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 433 (inferred from the name graph)
≈34,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Zimbabwe, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tawanda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZW Zimbabwe | #178 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 433 | — | Tawanda | 58 |
| US United States | — | 3,311 | 1 in 100K | 3.2K | Tawanda | 251 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Tawanda | 51 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Tawanda | 5 |
| GH Ghana | #881 | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 35K | listed | Tawanda | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Tawanda | 75 |
| LR Liberia | #152 | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Tawanda | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the masakhane register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.2K | #5,246 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 260 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 245 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 241 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 227 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 220 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 219 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 204 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 198 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 182 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1980 | 167 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 163 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Tawanda?
- A machine transcription gives /tɑwɑndə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Tawanda a male or female name?
- Tawanda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Tawanda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 34 thousand people named Tawanda in Zimbabwe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tawanda.
- How common is the name Tawanda?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,311 people named Tawanda in 2020, about 1 in 100 thousand residents.
- How common is Tawanda compared with other names?
- In Zimbabwe, Tawanda is the 178th most common given name of 4,125 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tawanda?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tawandaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tawanda” — the 178th most common given name in Zimbabwe. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.