Madenje Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Madenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 108 | 1:427,592 | 23,179 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Madenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Madenje has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Madenje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madenje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Madenje are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 427,592. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 98 percent live, Kwale County, where 1 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 27 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Madenje
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