Mbodiya Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mbodiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbodiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1231:440,46937,524
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mbodiya Last Name Facts

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

Mbodiya is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mbodiya.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbodiya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mbodiya is the 1,612,213th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbodiya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mbodiya is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 440,469. In South Africa Mbodiya is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 31 percent are found and North West, where 4 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Mbodiya Last Name Statistics demography

Mbodiya earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.41% less than the national average, earning R 201,012 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbhodiya9327/
Muodiya861/
Mbadiya861/
Mboudaya801/
Muhodiya801/
Mbodie7755/
Mbodoi771/
Mbodoa771/
Mbodai771/
Mbodij771/
Mbudaya71376/
Mboudai7150/
Mbadiye7147/
Mwadiya7129/
Muadiya7121/
Mbedaya7119/
Mboudie7119/
Mbudiye7115/
Mboudei717/
Mbadaya713/
Mbadiyo712/
Mboudey712/
Mbouday712/
Mbedeya711/
Mbadiey711/
Mbodoji711/
Muadieya6727/
Mbaduyah671/

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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 Mbodiya
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