# Konda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/konda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Telugu |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 635 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,447 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 486,213 people |
| Change since 2000 | +85% (343 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Topographic surname borrowed from Telugu కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill, hillock”). * Borrowed from Japanese 近田 (Konda). * Borrowed from Slovene Konda, a diminutive of the personal name Konrad.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Konda in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 65% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Kondo, Kunda, Kennedy, Kent, Knott, Knuth, Kennett, Kind, Kindt, Kawamoto, Kamath, Kunde.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.