Ngonde

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ᵑgoⁿɗe/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ngonde is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 24K
  • NANamibia≈1 in 108K

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.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,500 people, est.

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

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)

Ngonde 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.

Where Ngonde is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania≈2,500 est.≈1 in 24K1Ngonde14
CM Cameroon≈1,500 est.≈1 in 19K—Ngonde4
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈950 est.≈1 in 108K—Ngonde7
KE Kenya≈380 est.≈1 in 142K—Ngonde8
AO Angola≈230 est.≈1 in 140K—Ngonde4
ES Spain331 in 1.5M33Ngonde3
NA Namibia≈24 est.≈1 in 108K2—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: INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ngonde is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Ngondé, N'Gonde, Ngondè, N'Gondé

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Ngonde,
InformalHi Ngonde,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Ngonde
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—33#59,331
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—33#58,864

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ngonde?
A machine transcription gives /ᵑgoⁿɗe/ (IPA) for Swahili.
In which country does Ngonde have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Ngonde in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ngonde.
How common is the name Ngonde?
In Spain, the national register counted 33 people named Ngonde, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.

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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, “Ngonde”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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