Madulesi Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Madulesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Madulesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1981:267,38221,207
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Madulesi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Madulesi has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Madulesi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,189,614th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Madulesi are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 267,382. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 96 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 2 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Madulesi exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Madolesi885/
Maduelosi8270/
Madulege7513/
Madulisa751/
Madulici751/
Madilosai711/
Madilaisi711/
Madulashe711/
Madolisa634/
Medulici633/
Madoleza631/
Modilisi631/
Modolese631/
Medilishi595/
Modilishi591/
Modolici504/

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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 Madulesi
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