Madiba Surname
Approximately 14,969 people bear this surname
Madiba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 12,841 | 1:4,219 | 545 |
| DR Congo | 869 | 1:85,017 | 9,735 |
| Cameroon | 363 | 1:57,215 | 7,390 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 150 | 1:102,922 | 14,428 |
| Botswana | 143 | 1:15,293 | 2,975 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| Tanzania | 51 | 1:1,038,071 | 45,916 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Madiba (2,187) may also be a first name.
Madiba Demographics
Madiba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Madiba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madiba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Madiba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺩﻳﺒﺎ, Russian: Мадиба) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madiba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 35,317th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 486,843 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Madiba live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 160,220th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 2,187 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 12,841 people, or 1 in 4,219. In South Africa Madiba is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 30 percent reside, Limpopo, where 29 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it exists in 37 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Madiba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Madiba last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Madiba earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 29.56% less than the national average, earning R 167,400 per year and in United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Madiba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Madiba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺩﻳﺒﺎ | madyba | - |
| Madiba in the Russian language | ||
| Мадиба | madiba | - |
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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 Madiba
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