Maduva Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Maduva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maduva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe671:230,42125,509
India371:20,731,497300,213
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Maduva (124) may also be a first name.

Maduva Last Name Facts

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

Maduva (Hindi: मदुवा) is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maduva? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,683,218th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Maduva live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maduva is also the 836,439th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 124 people.

This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 230,421. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 75 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 19 percent are found and Harare Province, where 1 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe Maduva is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Maduva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maduva in the Hindi language
मदुवाmaduva83.33
मडुवाmaduva16.67

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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 Maduva
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