Madengele Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Madengele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madengele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Madengele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Madengele is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Madengele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Madengele is the 1,518,885th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. Madengele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Madengele live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Madengele is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Aside from Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Zimbabwe, 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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  • 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 Madengele
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