Mandawa Surname

312,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mandawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mandawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4991:106,09510,310
Zimbabwe3601:42,8846,612
Philippines811:1,249,85596,172
Papua New Guinea591:138,19919,012
Indonesia551:2,404,531143,692
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
Zambia401:396,24819,783
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mandawa (129) may also be a first name.

Mandawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mandawa is most common in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mandawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 312,825th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,062,850 people. The last name Mandawa is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Mandawa are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 818,356th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 129 people.

The last name Mandawa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 499 people, or 1 in 106,095. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent reside, Ruvuma Region, where 37 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.

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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 Mandawa
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