Mandiwa Surname

234,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mandiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mandiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,4901:11,4891,770
Zimbabwe1551:99,60214,056
Indonesia521:2,543,254149,807
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malta11:430,2723,380
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Mandiwa Last Name Facts

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

Mandiwa is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mandiwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 234,022nd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,232,024 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mandiwa live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mandiwa is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 1,490 people, or 1 in 11,489. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.

Mandiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mandiwa earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.61% less than the national average, earning R 226,680 per year.

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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 Mandiwa
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