Madangwa Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Madangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2131:248,55220,077
Zimbabwe771:200,49723,224
Botswana41:546,73222,624
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malta11:430,2723,380
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Madangwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Madangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Madangwa is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Madangwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 895,817th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Madangwa live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Madangwa is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 248,552. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 0 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Madangwa
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