Mdabe Surname

202,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,056 people bear this surname

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

Mdabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,9001:28,5153,670
Tanzania1511:350,60725,844
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mdabe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mdabe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mdabe is the 202,554th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,544,526 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdabe are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,900 people, or 1 in 28,515. In South Africa Mdabe is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 84 percent reside, Gauteng, where 6 percent reside and Limpopo, where 4 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Mdabe Last Name Statistics demography

Mdabe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.9% less than the national average, earning R 109,560 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Mdaba80694/
Mdawe80673/
Mdabi8029/
Mdobe8023/
Mdebe8011/
Mdave804/
Mhdawe735/
Mdabid733/
Mmdawe731/
Mmdaba731/
Mdavie731/
Mdebee731/
Mdaouer674/
Mdabhai671/
Mdoba60169/
Mdobi60102/
Mdavi6081/
Mdawa6081/
Mdowe6076/
Mdawi6012/
Mdebi602/
Mdava601/
Mdojwa5537/
Mdavis559/
Mdhavi556/
Mdoowa553/
Mhdavi553/
Mdhoba553/
Mhdawi552/
Mdaavi552/
Mdawai551/
Mhdawy551/
Mdoubi551/
Mdonpe551/
Mdobhi551/
Mdhava551/
Mdavid551/
Mdeiway5010/
Mdovais501/
Mdhavai501/
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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 Mdabe
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