Madowo Surname

860,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Madowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1331:347,21720,627
Tanzania1261:420,17229,494
Zimbabwe501:308,76530,783
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Madowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Madowo is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Madowo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Madowo is the 860,770th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name Madowo is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Madowo live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 347,217. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 91 percent reside, Siaya County, where 7 percent reside and Busia County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 40 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Madouwo921/
Madhowo921/
Madawo83453/
Madobo83442/
Madowa83115/
Maduwo8369/
Madewo8318/
Madovo8318/
Modowo833/
Medowo831/
Maidouwou806/
Madooba77179/
Madoiwa7755/
Madoivo7741/
Maidawo7729/
Maidobo7721/
Matdewo7719/
Madhewo7718/
Madhuwo7716/
Madouwa7712/
Madovoy7711/
Madawop779/
Madhovo777/
Madojwa777/
Maidowa776/
Madouvo774/
Maduwoh773/
Madobho772/
Madhobo772/
Meadowa772/
Madawoi771/
Madauwo771/
Madhowa771/
Madowah771/
Madoubo771/
Madoova771/
Madowas771/
Madawou771/
Madowadowa751/
Mahadawo71156/
Mahadowa7195/
Madhewoo7179/
Madhobho7113/
Madoubou7112/
Maidouwa716/
Maidobou711/
Madhooba711/
Moudouwo711/
Maidoswa711/
Maiddobo711/
Madawa673,779/
Maduwa672,970/
Maidoubou671,181/
Madoba67458/
Madewa67447/
Madová67198/
Mahadawoo67177/
Madavo67159/
Madabo67159/
Madova67146/
Mahadoowa6759/
Madubo6738/
Medewo6717/
Modobo6713/
Modowa6713/
Maïdoubou673/
Maduvo672/
Modawo672/
Moduwo671/
Madevo671/
Mahdavood671/
Maãdoubou671/
Maîdoubou671/
Medowa671/
Masdawood671/
Medawo671/

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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 Madowo
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