Mdala Surname

39,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mdala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi10,7441:1,593161
South Africa1,2271:44,1555,630
Zimbabwe8051:19,1782,845
Tanzania3131:169,14314,889
Zambia271:587,03424,185
England201:2,785,90397,972
Nepal111:2,589,1789,158
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iceland21:190,0456,825
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mdala (2,019) may also be a first name.

Mdala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mdala occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mdala.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdala? popularity and diffusion

Mdala is the 39,845th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 553,260 people. The surname Mdala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdala live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mdala is also the 168,128th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 2,019 people.

The last name Mdala is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 10,744 people, or 1 in 1,593. Barring Malawi this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 9 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.

Mdala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mdala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.69% less than the national average, earning R 145,692 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
M'Dala91708/
Mdalla91283/
Mdhala9112/
Mdalah9110/
Mdaila916/
Mddala913/
Mdalia911/
Mdalas911/
Mdallah831,005/
M'Dalla831/
Mdahala831/
Mddalla831/
Hmdalla831/
Mdaliad831/
Mdali80486/
Mdela80236/
Mdaly8065/
Mdola8036/
Mdale8010/
Mdalo804/
Hmdallah77137/
M'Dallah773/
Mdaalach771/
Mdaile73145/
Mddela733/
Mddali732/
Mdolla732/
Mdhale732/
Mdaleh732/
Mdalli732/
Mdalgi731/
Mdaili731/
Mdahli731/
Mdales731/
Mdgale731/
Mdhali731/
Mdhalo731/
Mdhela731/
Mmdela731/
Mdollah6710/
Mdaihli674/
Mdallip671/
Mdhaale671/

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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 Mdala
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