Madiwa Surname
Approximately 1,522 people bear this surname
Madiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,184 | 1:44,714 | 5,061 |
| Zimbabwe | 283 | 1:54,552 | 8,269 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Madiwa (129) may also be a first name.
Madiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Madiwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 258,507th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,788,138 people. Madiwa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Madiwa reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Madiwa is also the 818,356th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 129 people.
Madiwa is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,184 people, or 1 in 44,714. In Tanzania Madiwa is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 47 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live and Manyara Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Tanzania Madiwa is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 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 Madiwa
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