Mandingo Surname

658,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mandingo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mandingo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3371:157,09714,110
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Mandingo (41) may also be a first name.

Mandingo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mandingo is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mandingo.

How Common Is The Last Name Mandingo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mandingo is the 658,434th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mandingo live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mandingo is also the 1,590,275th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 41 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 337 people, or 1 in 157,097. In Tanzania Mandingo is most frequent in: Ruvuma Region, where 80 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mandino93199/
Mandinga884,806/
Mandengo88925/
Mondingo8836/
Maindino886/
Mandinou882/
Mandinos881/
Manduino881/
Mandinop881/
Mandgo862/
Mandienga82134/
Mandinnga8282/
Mandhinga823/
Moundingo822/
Manduinga821/
Mhandinga821/
Mandengou821/
Mandionga821/
Mondino808,536/
Mandina801,546/
Mandeno80320/
Mandnga801/
Maindengou781/
Mandenga75641/
Mandiona75188/
Mondengo75147/
Mondinga7531/
Mandiena7527/
Mandhina754/
Mondinos753/
Mandinat753/
Mandigna752/
Mandinau752/
Mondinot751/
Mandujno751/
Mandinaud7154/
Mandinach7131/
Manduenga7121/
Moundinga7115/
Mandineau7113/
Mandengat7110/
Mandga712/
Mondina67563/
Mandena67119/
Mandyna6768/
Mondgoi6752/
Mondnga6712/
Moundingas679/
Mandgah678/
Mondiño671/
Mondeno671/
Mamdina671/

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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 Mandingo
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