Madewe Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Madewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Madewe (32) may also be a first name.

Madewe Last Name Facts

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

Madewe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Madewe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Madewe is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Madewe reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Madewe is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent forename world-wide, held by 32 people.

The last name Madewe is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 771,912. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 65 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 30 percent are found and Harare Province, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Madehwe9234/
Madewea9210/
Maddewe924/
Madewer923/
Madhewe921/
Maidewe921/
Madew9173/
Madewoue861/
Madebe833,653/
Madowe832,780/
Maydew83484/
Madewa83447/
Madawe83283/
Madewi83102/
Madywe8344/
Madiwe8337/
Medewe8325/
Madeve8324/
Madhew836/
Maddew831/
Madewy831/
Madeew831/
Maidew830/
Madehwesh801/
Maidawe77568/
Madeeva77401/
Mahdewi7783/
Madeevi7772/
Madaweh7721/
Madawey7718/
Madavee7714/
Maudewi7713/
Madeiwa7712/
Maidebe7711/
Maydewi7710/
Madhebe779/
Madowey778/
Madujwe778/
Maidewa776/
Madhawe775/
Matdewi775/
Madawea775/
Madevet775/
Madawee774/
Madheve773/
Madawei773/
Medewei772/
Madhowe772/
Madheew772/
Mahdawe771/
Madhewa771/
Modhewe771/
Meadowe771/
Madewui771/
Maddebe771/
Madebei771/
Maidowe771/
Maydewa771/
Madeewd771/
Mahdeew771/
Modew735/
Mahadewi71600/
Maddever71148/
Maidaawe7165/
Mahdeeva7128/
Machdewi7127/
Maydeeva7110/
Madheiwa717/
Madhavee716/
Mahadeve714/
Maidahwe712/
Maidaiwe712/
Mahdavee712/
Maideeva711/
Madhebhe711/
Madhehwa711/
Maadiweh711/
Mahdawey711/
Madiwa671,522/
Madave671,481/
Modebe67616/
Madevi67607/
Madibe67573/
Madawi67470/
Madawy67311/
Modowe67231/
Modawe67107/
Modewa6758/
Madove6731/
Madowi6720/
Madiwi6720/
Medawe6718/
Madebi6714/
Mahadeeva6714/
Madevy6710/
Mahadevey677/
Madjue677/
Madive676/
Madeby674/
Madeevich671/
Maida'awe671/
Medowe671/
Medewi671/
Modewi671/
Madywa671/

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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 Madewe
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