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

Mandawa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mandawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mandawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 312,825th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,062,850 people. The surname 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. Mandawa is also the 818,356th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 129 people.

Mandawa is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 499 people, or 1 in 106,095. In Tanzania Mandawa is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 37 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Mandawa is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent are found and The Philippines, where 7 percent are found.

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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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