Mardai Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Mardai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mardaî (1) & Mardaï (1) are calculated separately.
Mardai (342) may also be a first name.
Mardai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mardai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mardai (Hindi: मर्दइ, Marathi: मद) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Mardaî or Mardaï. For other potential spellings of Mardai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mardai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mardai is the 1,422,956th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. Mardai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Mardai reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mardai is also the 472,030th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 342 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 485,703. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 89 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 4 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mardai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mardai in the Hindi language | ||
| मर्दइ | marda'i | - |
| Mardai in the Marathi language | ||
| मद | mada | 33.33 |
| मरदाई | marada'i | 33.33 |
| मदर्ई | madar'i | 33.33 |
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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 Mardai
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